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ID:     77000442
     [UNVERIFIED]
Type:     Roman Provincial
Region:     THRACE
City:     Perinthus
Issuer:     Gordian III
Date Ruled:     AD 238-244
Metal:     Bronze
Denomination:     AE 39 Medallion
Struck / Cast:     struck
Date Struck:     AD 238-244
Diameter:     39 mm
Weight:     34.86 g
Die Axis:     1 h
Obverse Legend:     • AVT • K • M • ANT • Γ ΟΡΔIANOC AVG
Obverse Description:     Laureate and cuirassed bust right, slight drapery on far shoulder; gorgoneion on breastplate
Reverse Legend:     ΠΕΡΙΝΘΙΩΝ Δ ΙC ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ
Reverse Description:     Hercules standing facing, head right, lion skin over left shoulder, leaning right hand on club set on ground and holding Apples of the Hesperides in extended left hand; tree to right, Ladon coiled around trunk
Primary Reference:     Voegtli type 7e = SchÖnert-Geiss, Perinthos 858.2
Reference2:     Stoll, Herakles -
Reference3:     Varbanov 4157
Photograph Credit:     Classical Numismatic Group
Source:     http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=114865
Grade:     EF, green patina, minor smoothing in fields
Notes:     Sale: Triton XI, Lot: 442 Attractive reverse and rare. From the James E. Cain Collection.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 tricked the Titan Atlas, 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 reluctant to give up his freedom, and told Hercules that he would take back the apples to Mycenae. Once again, Hercules tricked the Titan, requesting that Atlas hold the heavens while Hercules adjusted his cloak to be more comfortable.