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ID:     76001001
Type:     Roman Provincial
Region:     MOESIA INFERIOR
City:     Dionysopolis
Issuer:     Gordian III
Date Ruled:     AD 238-244
Metal:     Bronze
Denomination:     Pentassarion
Struck / Cast:     struck
Date Struck:     AD 238-244
Weight:     10.68 g
Die Axis:     6 h
Obverse Legend:     AVT K·M· ANTWNIOC ΓΟΡΔIANOC AVΓ
Obverse Description:     Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Gordian right, seen from behind, and draped bust of Serapis left, wearing calathus, vis-À-vis
Reverse Legend:     ΔΙΟΝΥCΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ
Reverse Description:     Hercules standing facing, head left, with lion skin over forearm, holding club set on ground and Apples of the Hesperides; E to right
Primary Reference:     Jekov 40
Reference2:     Mouchmov 115
Reference3:     Varbanov 275
Reference4:     Voegtli -
Photograph Credit:     Classical Numismatic Group
Source:     http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=108676
Grade:     VF, dark green patina.
Notes:     Sale: CNG 76, Lot: 1001 From the James E. Cain Collection.Hercules, made temporarily insane by the goddess Hera, murdered his wife and children. Once recovered, and distressed by his actions, Hercules consulted the Delphic Oracle to find a means of expiating his sin. As a punishment, Apollo replied that the hero would have to serve his cousin Eurystheus, the king Tiryns, a man whom Hercules despised, for a period of twelve years. Because Eurystheus also hated Hercules, he devised a series of ten feats of such difficulty that they would be either insurmountable, or Hercules would die in the attempt. Because Hercules received assistance in completing two of the tasks, Eurystheus added two more. Each labor became more fantastic, and eventually Hercules was compelled to break the bonds of the supernatural in order to complete his task. Once he accomplished the Labors, Hercules was absolved of his guilt, and preceded to perform many other heroic feats.Because he had been assisted in completing some of his earlier tasks, Hercules was compelled to undergo two more labors. The first of these was to steal the Apples of the Hesperides, nymphs who lived in a grove at the far western edge of the world. Hercules asked the Titan Atlas, the father of Hesperides whose task it was to hold up the heavens, to retrieve the apples in return for holding up the heavens while he did so. Having accomplished the task, Atlas was reticent to give up his freedom, and told Hercules that he would take back the apples to Tiryns for him. Hercules thereupon tricked the Titan, requesting that Atlas hold the heavens while Hercules adjusted his cloak to be more comfortable.