BITHYNIA, Heracleia Pontica. Gordian III. 238-244 AD. Æ 36mm (24.61 gm). M 
      ANT GOP­IANOC AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust right, drapery on left 
      shoulder / Herakles and the Lernaean hydra: HPAKLEWTAN MATP-OC APOIKWN 
      POLIWN, Herakles standing left, nude, raising club far over his shoulder, 
      about to beat to death the Hydra; quiver and bow behind. Waddington, 
      Recueil 217; Babelon, Waddington Collection 360; Voegtli 2o, 2j, 14c; 
      Cornell 98 (this coin). VF, dark green-brown patina, reverse encrustation, 
      corrosion. ($4000) From the David Simpson Collection. Same obverse die as 
      the following lot, another 'Labors of Herakles' type. Ex Frank Sternberg 
      Auktion XXII (20-21 November 1989), 335.


Triton V Sale, 16 Jan 2002, lot 1710.
 
 Lot sold for $3250, plus buyers fees.

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