Egypt. Alexandria. Antoninus Pius, 138-161. Drachm (Bronze, 33.53 mm, 24.59 g). Labors of Herakles series. Dated RY 10 (AD 146/7). AYT K T AIΛ A∆P ANTωN[ЄINO C] CЄB ЄYC Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right. Rev. Herakles and the Lernaean Hydra; Hercules standing right, lion skin over his left shoulder, holding club overhead with his right hand before him; the anthropomorphized Lernaean Hydra holding her right arm-tentacle upward; [L ∆ЄKA] TOV (date) around. Voegtli Type 2 (pl. 12d – same rev. die as illustrated specimen). Dattari-Savio 2600 & 8488. RPC IV.4, 989.7 (this coin cited). Geissen 1537. Emmett 1546. Cornell 127 (this coin). Dark brown patina with some roughness. Good Fine. Rare. Ex David Simpson Collection. Ex Münzen u. Medaillen Price List 527, 1989, lot 132. Ex Curtis Collection. Ex Triton V, 15-16 Jannuary 2002, lot 1781. The reverse of the drachm leads us to Heracles' second labor, that of fighting the Lernaean hydra and killing it. The hydra presented itself as a monstrous being with nine heads, one of which was immortal, while the others sprouted as soon as they were cut off; her body was half that of a beautiful nymph and half that of a snake. Heracles confronted it by burning off the eight heads to prevent them from reproducing, then crushed the immortal head with a boulder and dipped the tip of his arrows in the blood that gushed from them by causing the monster mortal wounds.