Orbiana. AE 24

Orbiana; ca. 225/6 AD, AE 24, 11.71g. RPC-VI, 7461, SNG Levante-1551 (same dies). Obv: ΕΡΕΝΝΙΑ ΟΡΒΙΑΝΗ ϹΕΒ, Diademed and draped bust r. Rx: ΦΛΑΥΙΟΠ-ΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ / [Ε]Τ ΓΝ/P, Hercules standing r. holding club and apple, lion skin draped over arm. Levante does not mention an object on Hercules’ out-stretched hand, but it is probably intended to be the apple of the Hesperides. Ex Curtis L. Clay Collection; Ex CNG E87, May 2011, lot 860.Wonderful patina, sweet portrait. EF