Bronze pentassarion of Gordian III, Hadrianopolis in Thrace, undated, 238-44 A.D.
AVT K M ANT ΓOPΔIANOC AVΓ; Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Gordian r.
AΔΡΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ; Hercules, wearing lion skin, standing facing, head r., holding club and drawing Cerberus by leash from Hades.
Voegtli type 10; Stoll Herakles —; Youroukova Hadrianople 640; Varbanov 4010
Picture credit: Classical Numismatic Group, Inc. (Auction 88), 14.9.2011, lot 745
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