I am told that the reverse of this Maximianus Herculius Tetradrachm is scarce, and I have been unable to locate its match for Reference... If anyone can come up with a duplacate example with reference, I would be grateful..!
Nice coin. In wildwinds there is one Herakles reverse type listed Milne 4979, and it has his right arm extended, whereas yours is a more classical pose. So you'll have to dig deeper. Dattari probably has an example.
http://www.coinproject.com/coin_detail.php?coin=184649 And @Broucheion has one too(post #18) https://www.cointalk.com/threads/a-greek-artistic-masterpiece-on-roman-coins.344521/ Roman Coins and their Values Vol.4 :
Thank you so much for your speedy coin hunting expertise, this sure did not take you all long, I guess I still lack some reference bookmarks, the coinproject is one I have never seen before...! Again thank you for the help!
great coin, that may be the largest club relative to Herc I have seen. Since it is election day it made me think of politics a century ago....
These Max with Herakles reverses are pretty cool! @TIF snagged up my previous one of a different Herakles type a couple years ago in the AMCC1 auction: And I ended up replacing it a year or so later with a slightly different style and year of the type with officina mark in exergue: Maximianus, Ruled 286-305 AD (First Reign) AE Tetradrachm, Egypt, Alexandria Struck Year 7, 291/292 AD Obverse: ΜΑΞΙΜΙΑΝΟC CЄΒ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right. Reverse: Hercules standing facing, head left, leaning on club with right hand, apples of the Hesperides in left hand, lion’s skin over left arm, date L-Z (year 7 = 291/292 AD) across fields, B in exergue (officina). References: Emmett 4131, Milne 5027 var, Curtis 2086 var Size: 19mm, 8.2g The reverse of this coin is a die match with Zach “Beast” Beasley’s similar coin below (not the obverse, though):