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EGYPT. Alexandria. Antoninus Pius (AD 138-161) AE drachm (34mm, 23.73 gm, 12h). NGC Choice Fine 4/5 - 4/5. Dated Regnal Year 10 (AD 146/7). AVT K T AIΛ A∆P-ANTωNЄINOC C ЄB ЄC, laureate head of Antoninus Pius right / Heracles standing right, lion's skin and club over his left shoulder, holding club with his left hand and reaching for the Apples of the Hesperides from tree to right, the serpent Ladon wrapped around the tree, L ΔЄKA TOV (date) behind. Emmett 1554. Köln 1545. Dattari (Savio) 2604.
From the Morris Collection. Ex. Munzen & Medaillen FPL 527 (November 1989), lot 133.
The reverse depicts the 11th Labor of Heracles - to steal the Apples of the Hesperides.
HID02901242017
Estimate: 1000-1500 USD
EGYPT. Alexandria. Antoninus Pius (AD 138-161) AE drachm (34mm, 23.73 gm, 12h). NGC Choice Fine 4/5 - 4/5. Dated Regnal Year 10 (AD 146/7). AVT K T AIΛ A∆P-ANTωNЄINOC C ЄB ЄC, laureate head of Antoninus Pius right / Heracles standing right, lion's skin and club over his left shoulder, holding club with his left hand and reaching for the Apples of the Hesperides from tree to right, the serpent Ladon wrapped around the tree, L ΔЄKA TOV (date) behind. Emmett 1554. Köln 1545. Dattari (Savio) 2604.
From the Morris Collection. Ex. Munzen & Medaillen FPL 527 (November 1989), lot 133.
The reverse depicts the 11th Labor of Heracles - to steal the Apples of the Hesperides.
HID02901242017
Estimate: 1000-1500 USD