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ID:
77000440
[UNVERIFIED]
Type:
Roman Provincial
Region:
THRACE
City:
Perinthus
Issuer:
Septimius Severus
Date Ruled:
AD 193-211
Metal:
Bronze
Denomination:
AE 40 Medallion
Struck / Cast:
struck
Date Struck:
AD 193-211
Diameter:
40 mm
Weight:
35.94 g
Die Axis:
1 h
Obverse Legend:
AV • K • Λ • CEΠTI • CEVHPOC • [ΠE]
Obverse Description:
Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind
Reverse Legend:
ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΕΙΑ Π−ΕΡΙΝΘΙΩΝ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩ/N
Reverse Description:
Hercules, lion skin over left shoulder right, standing right, kneeling on right knee upon the lowered hind quarters of the Cerynean Hind, which stands right, and holding animal by antlers with both hands.
Primary Reference:
cf. Voegtli type 3k
Reference2:
SchÖnert-Geiss, Perinthos 523.1 (same dies)
Reference3:
Stoll, Herakles -
Reference4:
Varbanov 3854 (this coin illustrated)
Photograph Credit:
Classical Numismatic Group
Source:
http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=114863
Grade:
Good VF, green and brown patina, areas of light roughness
Notes:
Sale: Triton XI, Lot: 440 Very rare. From the James E. Cain Collection. Ex Lanz 97 (22 May 2000), lot 720.Struck from the same obverse die as the previous lot.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.Angered to find that Hercules had successfully completed the previous two Labors, Eurystheus ordered him to capture the Cerynean Hind, a creature sacred to Artemis that was renowned for its incredible speed. The king hoped that Hercules, by capturing this animal, would incur the wrath of that goddess. Since it could elude even the swiftest arrow, Hercules devised a cunning plan. He chased it across the earth for a whole year, and when it stopped to drink, Hercules rendered it lame by shooting it with one of his few unpoisoned arrows. Another version of the story relates that he captured the animal when it was unable to run any farther. As he was returning to Mycenae, Hercules encountered Artemis and Apollo. He begged the goddess for forgiveness, explaining that he had to catch it as part of his punishment, but he promised to return it. Artemis forgave him, foiling Eurystheus’ plan. However, Eurystheus was not to be undone. Wishing to include the Hind in his menagerie, he ordered Hercules to release it to him. Since he had promised Artemis to return the Hind to her, Hercules devised a strategm: he agreed to hand the Hind over on the condition that Eurystheus himself came out and took it from him. The King came out, but the moment Hercules let the hind go, it sprinted away. Hercules answered that Eurystheus had not been quick enough.
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