BITHYNIA, Prusias ad Hypium. Macrinus. AD 217-218. Æ Decassarion (34mm, 21.81 g, 1h). Labors of Hercules issue. The Fifth Labor – Cleaning the Augean Stables.Electronic Auction 458 Roman Provincial, Bronze Sold For $ 300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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BITHYNIA, Prusias ad Hypium. Macrinus. AD 217-218. Æ Decassarion (34mm, 21.81 g, 1h). Labors of Hercules issue. The Fifth Labor – Cleaning the Augean Stables. AVT K M OΠЄΛ CЄVHP MAKPINOC, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / ΠPOVCIЄΩN ΠΡOC V[ΠΙΩΝ], Hercules standing right, holding rake; trace of mound (spring?) to right; I (mark of value) in exergue. Cf. Voegtli 7l (Heraclea; for rev. type); cf. Marcel Burstein Collection (Peus 366), lot 570 (for obv.). Brown patina, some pitting and corrosion. Near VF. An unknown reverse type for this extremely rare issue. |