Bronze 26 mm of Gordian III, Hadrianopolis in Thrace, undated, 238-44 A.D.
AVT K M ANT ΓOPΔIANOC AVΓ; Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III r.
AΔPIANOΠOΛEIT / ΩN; Hercules standing r., naked, grasping with both hands the head of the Cretan Bull, running r., and jerking it back.
SNG Copenhagen —; BMC Thrace p.120, 34; Mionnet suppl. II, p.330, 786; Varbanov 3803
Picture credit: Gorny & Mosch Giessener Münzhandlung (Auction 186), 8.31.2010, lot 1555
Back