THRACE, Perinthus. Gordian III. 238-244 AD. Æ 42mm Medallion (35.85 gm). 
      AVT K M ANT GOP­IANOC AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust right / Herakles 
      and the Cretan bull: PERIN-QEWN DIC NE-WKOP-WN, Herakles standing right, 
      nude, with both hands grasping the head of the Cretan bull, running right, 
      and jerking it back. SNG Copenhagen -; SNG Tübingen -; BMC Thrace, etc. -; 
      McClean -; Weber -; Lindgren II -; Lindgren III -; Mionnet -; Voegtli -. 
      Near VF, tan patina. Very rare. ($1500) From the David Simpson Collection. 
      Ex Italo Vecchi Auction 12 (5 June 1998), lot 1069.

Schonert-Geiss 858ADD

Triton V Sale, 16 Jan 2002, lot 1701.
 
 Lot sold for $2400, plus buyers fees.

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