Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVI - Session 3 . 845
Roman Imperial
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Constantius I. As Caesar, AD 293-305. AV Aureus (20mm, 5.35 g, 12h). Nicomedia mint. Struck AD 294. CONSTANTI VS NOB CAES, laureate head right / HERCVLI VICTORI, Hercules standing right, holding club in right hand and holding lion skin and golden apples of the Hesperides in left; SMN. RIC VI 4; Depeyrot 2/3; Calicó 4842 (same dies as illustration); Biaggi 1849 (same dies); Jameson 330 (same dies). Lustrous. NGC photo certificate 6556307-001, graded MS, Strike: 5/5, Surface: 4/5. Rare. The golden apples of the Hesperides, which Eurystheus had ordered Hercules to fetch for him, were guarded by the immortal, unsleeping dragon Ladon. Hercules killed Ladon with arrows dipped in the blood of the Hydra, and then, having been warned by Prometheus not to touch the apples himself, convinced Atlas to collect them for him, while he held up the Earth in his place.
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