ORC8854 Gordian III medallion Hercules&Bull V
Unsold at $1,100.00
Feb-15-01
Seller oldromancoins ORC8854 Gordian III medallion Hercules&Bull VF

     Gordian III, Æ39 (medallion) (40.19g) Perinthus, Thrace, AVT K M
     ANT GOPDIANOC AVG Laureate and cuirassed bust right, gorgon head
     on cuirass. / PERINQIWN DIC NEQOKORWN Hercules right, seizing the
     Cretan bull, club in exergue. SNG Cop.-; BMC-. VF, dusty brown
     patina.

     This rare and large coin bears the popular reverse type of
     Hercules restraining the Cretan bull, whose environs was the
     labyrinth beneath the palace of Minos.

Note: This reverse is missing from the otherwise almost
complete listing of Herakles Labours in Schönert-Geiss.
I am giving it the number 858ADD.

Schonert_858ADD