| Classical Numismatic Group > Auction 126 | Auction date: 28 May 2024 |
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| Lot description: EGYPT, Alexandria. Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. Æ Drachm (33mm, 25.34 g, 12h). Labor of Herakles type. Dated RY 4 (AD 140/1). Laureate head right / Herakles standing left, lion's skin over left shoulder, holding club overhead in right hand, in left hand the right arm-tentacle of the anthropomorphized Lernaean Hydra; L TЄTA PTOV (date) around. Köln 1347 (same dies); Dattari (Savio) 8487 (same rev. die); K&G 35.89; RPC IV.4 248; Emmett 1545.4 (R5). Brown surfaces, light porosity, flan flaw on reverse. Near VF. Very rare, six recorded in RPC, two in CoinArchives. A very rare and interesting depiction of the Lernaean Hydra. Estimate: 1500 USD |  |
