|  | Lot 66. Gordianus III AE34, TarsusHerakles and the apples of the Hesperides 
    eAuction #73, Lot 66. Estimate: CHF 75.00
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              (Sunday, September 19th, 19:22:00 CEST) Current time: Friday, October 31st, 08:28:18 CET
 
  
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            | Price realised: | CHF 60.00 (1 bid) Approx. EUR 64.66 / USD 75.11 / GBP 56.87
 
  
 
              
                Bid history  
                  
                    | Amount | Bidder | Date |  
                                            | CHF 60.00 | Bidder 1 * | 2021-09-19, 19:15:18 |   * User names of other bidders are replaced by Bidder 1, 2, and so on. |  
            | High bidder: | Bidder 1 |  |  
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 Gordianus III (238-244 AD).  AE34 (21.86 g).  Cilicia, Tarsus.
 Obv. AVT K
 M ANTΩNIOC ΓOPΔIANOC CEB / Π Π, Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to 
right, holding spear and shield decorated with gorgoneion between two 
serpents.
 Rev. TAPCOV MHTPOΠOΛEΩ, A / M in left field, K / Γ / B in right 
field, Herakles standing left holding club in right hand, apples of the 
Hesperides in left hand, lion skin hanging from left forearm, to left 
dead serpent in tree.
 SNG 
Paris 1669 (same dies).
 
 Light green patina. Fine/almost very fine.
 
 See Voegtli, Heldenepen, pp. 42-44: this scene 
appears on the provincial coins of Tarsus and ten other cities.
 
 From the François Righetti Collection.
 
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