Bronze oktassarion of Elagabalus, Perinthus in Thrace, undated, 218-22 A.D.
AVT K M AVP CEVH ANTΩNEINOC AVΓ; Laureate and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus to r., with head of the Medusa on his cuirass and aegis over his l. shoulder.
ΠEPINΘIΩN ΔIC NEΩKOPΩN; Hercules standing r., club raised in his r. hand, about to strike the Amazon queen Hippolyta, whom he grasps with his l. hand as she falls from her collapsing horse to r.; she tries to ward off his l. hand with her r. and holds her shield in her l.; in exergue, her fallen double-axe.
Schönert Perinthos 721
Picture credit: Nomos (Auction 6), 8.5.2012, lot 184
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