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Gordian III, 29 July 238 - 25 February 244 A.D., Hadrianopolis, Thrace
When Artemis was a child, she found five gigantic hinds (female deer) grazing in Thessaly and captured four of them to draw her chariot. The fifth escaped across a river to Mt. Cerynaea, on the border of Achaea and Arcadia. The Ceryneian or Golden Hind was sacred to Artemis. Although female, it had golden antlers like a stag and hooves of bronze. It was said that it could outrun an arrow in flight. Artemis allowed Heracles to capture the hind, his third labor, after he promised to liberate the animal after completing his task.RP92882. Bronze tetrassarion, Jurukova 477 (V231/R463); CN Online Hadrianopolis CN_7052; Varbanov II 3724 (R4); BMC Thrace p. 120, 30; SNG Hunter -; SNG Cop -; Lindgren -, F, green patina, centered on a tight flan, central depressions, Hadrianopolis (Edirne, Turkey) mint, weight 10.412g, maximum diameter 25.6mm, die axis 180o, c. 238 - 244 A.D.; obverse AVT K M ANT GORΔIANOC AVΓ (VΓ ligate), laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind; reverse AΔPIANOΠOΛEITΩN, Artemis standing facing, head left, wearing short chiton and boots, holding patera in outstretched right hand, bow in left hand, stag at her feet standing left; SOLD
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