

Egypt, Alexandria. Maximianus Herculius, first reign 286-305. Tetradrachm. (Billon, 19.10 mm, 7.51 g). Dated RY 10 = AD 294/5. MAΞIMIANOC CЄB Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right. Rev. Naked Heracles standing, facing, raising his right hand upwards and holding club and lion skin in his left hand; in left field, a tree upon which a quiver hangs; LI (date) in right field. Geissen -. Dattari- Savio Plate 287, 10722 (this specimen) and Plate XXXXIV (this reverse illustrated). Emmett 4135 (5). Apparently unique. Nice brown tone, Extremely Fine.
Ex Giovanni Dattari Collection. Ex Naville Numismatics Ltd., Auction 48, 07.04.2019, lot 308.
Probably a unique and valuable specimen of this coin from the famous Dattari collection and surveyed only by the then owner and Emmett. We find again the Heracles close friend with Maximian mentioned in previous no 350 of the collection, but here in the exceptional setting of his presence in the ‘garden of Hesperides’, the penultimate of the mythological hero's 12 labours, waiting to pluck the golden apples from the tree.