★ Herakles fighting Geryon ★

LYDIA. Blaundus. Caracalla, 198-217. Hexassarion (Bronze, 39 mm, 30.49 g, 7 h), struck under the magistrate A. Aurelios Timotheos. AYT KAI M AY[P] ANTΩNЄINOC Laureate and cuirassed bust of Caracalla to right. Rev. [ЄΠΙ] AP A AY[P TЄIM]OΘЄOY / [B]ΛLAYNΔЄ[ΩΝ] Herakles, nude, striding right, his left foot resting on a recumbent bull, raising his club in his right hand to strike at triple-headed and double-bodied Geryon, whom he grasps with his left. GRPC Lydia 123 ( same dies ). SNG Copenhagen 96. Extremely rare and with a highly interesting reverse. Nearly fine.

From a European collection, formed before 2005.