EGYPT, Alexandria. Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. Æ Drachm (34mm, 23.90 g, 12h). Labors of Herakles series. Dated RY 10 (AD 146/7). VF.

CNG Feature Auction 127
Lot: 392.
Closing Date: Sep 18 2024 11:00 ET

Roman Provincial, Bronze

Estimate: $ 1 000

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EGYPT, Alexandria. Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. Æ Drachm (34mm, 23.90 g, 12h). Labors of Herakles series. Dated RY 10 (AD 146/7). Laureate head right / Herakles and the Apples of the Hesperides – Herakles standing right, lion’s skin and club over his left shoulder, holding club with his left hand and reaching with his right hand for the Apples of the Hesperides hanging from branch of tree to right; the serpent Ladon coiled around the tree’s trunk, arrow pierced through its neck; L ΔЄKA TOV (date) around. Köln 1545; Dattari (Savio) 2604 & 8495-6; K&G 35.354; RPC IV.4 980; Emmett 1554.10. Brown patina with minor deposits. VF. Rare. Emmett lists this types as being struck for three of Pius' regnal years: 5, 6, and 10.


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