Bronze oktassarion of Caracalla, Perinthus in Thrace, undated, c.212-17 A.D.
AVT K M AVP CЄOVHP ANTΩNЄINOC AVΓ; Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Caracalla r.
ΠЄPINΘIΩN NЄΩKOPΩN; Herakles, naked but for lion skin over his l. arm, standing facing, his head to r., holding his club, its head resting on the ground, with his r. hand, and gazing at the serpent entwined apple tree of the Hesperides, which stands to his r.
BMC —; Schönert-Geiss — Varbanov 3931
Picture credit: Nomos (Auction 6), 8.5.2012, lot 173
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