Bronze 26 mm of Gallienus, Sebastpolis in Pontus, 263-64 A.D.
AYT KAI ΠO ΛIK ΓAΛΛIHNOC; Laureate, draped and cuirassed of Gallienus r., with oversize, elaborately rendered shoulder flap of cuirass, flanked by two folds of cloak falling from a round clasp.
CEBAC[T]O [HPAK] / ET S ΞC; Hercules standing l., nude except for lion skin flying out from his back, capturing the Ceryneian hind, which rears up l. beside him, by grasping its horns and placing his right knee on its back.
SNG von Aulock 134-5; Imhoof-Blumer Kleinasiatische Munzen p.500 and pl. XX,1; RG 25; Lindgren I, A52A; Voegtli, Heldenepen, p. 26.
Picture credit: Gemini, LLC (Auction 6), 10.1.2010, lot 669
Back