Roman Cornelian Intaglio of Herakles Confronting Ladon

The serpent guarding the Garden of Hesperides. A scene from the Hero’s Eleventh Labor, retrieveing the golden apples of the Hesperides for King Eurystheus.
1st - 2nd Centuries AD
Height: 12.15 mm
Width: 10.50 mm
ex: private American collection, before 2000
#3474
Published:
Antiquarium Ltd.; Ancient Treasures XIV (New York, 2016) p.26
Comparanda:
BEAZLEY GEMS ARCHIVE, Oxford University (online) acc. nos.: T377, T374
The British Museum (online) acc. no. 1856,1226.478 (imagery)