Description: Thrace, Hadrianopolis, time of Gordian III (238 - 244 AD). ΤΟΝ ΚΤΙΣΤΗΝ; head of Herakles right / ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩ; Herakles standing left, holding club and fighting Hydra.

Diameter: AE18 mm

Weight: 3,98 g

Grade: aVF/gF

Attribution: Jurukova 709; Mionnet Suppl. II 604

Commentary: dark brown patina, reverse slightly off-center

History: Hydra was a serpentine water monster in Greek and Roman mythology slayed by Herakles in his Second Labor.

Article Number: 061-05-01-42750