Bronze drachm of Antoninus Pius, Alexandria in Egypt, 141-42 A.D.
AVT K T AIΛ AΔP ANTΩNINOC CЄB ЄYC; Laureate head of Antoninus Pius r.
L Є (date); Hercules standing r., lion skin over l. shoulder, cradling club in his l. arm and reaching with r. hand for Apples of the Hesperides hanging from branch of tree to r.; the serpent Ladon coiled around trunk.
Köln —; Voegtli —; BMC —; Dattari (Savio) 8496; Milne —; Emmett 1554.5 = CNA XIII, 209; Münzhandlung Basel 6, 660
Picture credit: Classical Numismatic Group, Inc. (Triton XI), 8.1.2008, lot 529
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