Lot 82
82
Aureus, 5.04g., Siscia, 295-296 A.D., MAXIMIANVS AVG, laureate head right, rev. HERCVLI VICTORI, Hercules, naked, lion skin over shoulder, fighting Hydra which he holds in left hand, club raised in right, *SIS in exergue (RIC VI, p.456,14; C.304; Bastien-Metzger 32, this coin), very fine, reverse better, very rare
Aureus, 5.04g., Siscia, 295-296 A.D., MAXIMIANVS AVG, laureate head right, rev. HERCVLI VICTORI, Hercules, naked, lion skin over shoulder, fighting Hydra which he holds in left hand, club raised in right, *SIS in exergue (RIC VI, p.456,14; C.304; Bastien-Metzger 32, this coin), very fine, reverse better, very rare

Details
Aureus, 5.04g., Siscia, 295-296 A.D., MAXIMIANVS AVG, laureate head right, rev. HERCVLI VICTORI, Hercules, naked, lion skin over shoulder, fighting Hydra which he holds in left hand, club raised in right, *SIS in exergue (RIC VI, p.456,14; C.304; Bastien-Metzger 32, this coin), very fine, reverse better, very rare
Provenance
From the Beaurains (Arras) Hoard (Bastien-Metzger 32)
M L Vierordt collection, J Schulman, 5 June 1930, lot 604
P Ciani and J Vinchon, 6 May 1955, lot 435
M&M Basel, auction 10, 12 June 1979, lot 725