The "Twelve Labors of Hercules" provide a challenge for those interested in collecting a complete set and a gold aureus depicting the slaying of the Hydra sold by Heritage for $33,600.
The rare stater depicting a satyr a "marvel of speaking portraiture" was once in the collection of the State Hermitage Museum but was sold to raise money for the Soviet government
By Tyler Rossi for CoinWeek ... Backstory Born in 400 BCE, Alexander of Pherae would go on to leave an indelible mark on the Thessalian city of Pherae.