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ID:
77000427
[UNVERIFIED]
Type:
Roman Provincial
Region:
MOESIA INFERIOR
City:
Nicopolis ad Istrum
Issuer:
Septimius Severus
Date Ruled:
AD 193-211
Metal:
Bronze
Denomination:
Pentassarion
Diameter:
28 mm
Weight:
14.07 g
Die Axis:
6 h
Obverse Legend:
• AVT • Λ • CEΠT • CEVHP ΠΕΡ
Obverse Description:
Laureate head right
Reverse Legend:
VΠ AVP ΓΑΛΛOV NIKOΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ ΠPOC ICTP
Reverse Description:
Hercules standing left, holding with both hands head of Cretan Bull standing left behind; Bull has forelegs and tail raised; club on ground behind Hercules’ right foot; bow in exergue
Primary Reference:
Voegtli type 4m
Reference2:
Stoll, Herakles 39 (same dies)
Reference3:
AMNG I 1309
Reference4:
SNG MÜnchen -; Varbanov 2134
Photograph Credit:
Classical Numismatic Group
Source:
http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=114850
Grade:
Near EF, green patina, small hairline flan crack
Notes:
Sale: Triton XI, Lot: 427 Rare. From the James E. Cain Collection.Compelled to capture the bull as his seventh Labor, Hercules sailed to Crete. There, Minos, the king of Crete, gave the hero permission to take the bull away, as it had been causing destruction on the island. Hercules strangled the Bull with his bare hands, and shipped it back to Athens. Although Eurystheus wished to sacrifice the Bull to Hera, the goddess refused the sacrifice because it reflected glory on her sworn enemy. The bull was released and wandered into the town of Marathon, where it became known as the Marathonian Bull.
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