MYSIA, Pergamum. Septimius Severus, with Julia Domna. AD 193-211. Æ Medallion (39mm, 24.20 g, 3h). Claudianos, son of Terpandros, strategos. Fine.

Electronic Auction 571 – Session 1
Lot: 438.
Closing Date: Sep 25 2024 10:00 ET

Roman Provincial, Bronze

Estimate: $ 500

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MYSIA, Pergamum. Septimius Severus, with Julia Domna. AD 193-211. Æ Medallion (39mm, 24.20 g, 3h). Claudianos, son of Terpandros, strategos. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Septimius Severus right, vis-à-vis draped bust of Julia Domna left / Herakles and the Cerynean Hind – Herakles standing right, grasping the antlers of the Cerynean Hind with both hands and leaning on its back with his knee. Weisser, Pergamon 1570; SNG BN –; SNG Copenhagen 497; SNG von Aulock –; Voegtli Type 4. Dark brown surfaces with touches of green and red, some roughness and a few pits, smoothing and tooling. Fine. Rare.

Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 413 (9 August 2017), lot 251.

For his Third Labor, Herakles was required to capture the Cerynean Hind, with its brazen hooves and golden horns, alive and bring it from Oenoe to Mycenae. Herakles chased the stag for one full year before it finally tired, finally capturing it.

Closing Date and Time: 25 September 2024 at 12:25:40 ET.

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