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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 5427505, member: 85693&quot;]Just got a new one in, so I am resurrecting this Hercules Farnese thread, since this coin wasn&#039;t in any of the original posts. </p><p><br /></p><p>This new one is a Commodus sestertius with the Hercules Farnese on the reverse - this is not the similar one where Hercules is holding the bow.&nbsp; Here he rests his club on a rock, other hand behind his back holding the apples (presumably), like the Farnese statue.&nbsp; As far as I can tell, it is rather scarce. </p><p><br /></p><p>Condition is pretty poor, but this is the first time I ever bought a &quot;random lot&quot; on eBay - you know the sort:&nbsp; a big pile of ancients, set price per coin.&nbsp; The seller even let me pick from what I could see on the pile.&nbsp; I like green and I like Commodus, but I had no idea what was on the reverse. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1235790[/ATTACH] </p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Commodus&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Æ Sestertius </b></p><p><b>(183-184 A.D.)&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; </b></p><p><b>Rome Mint </b></p><p>[M COM]MODVS A[NTONINVS AVG PIV]S, laureate head right / [P M TR P VIIII IMP VI COS IIII P P] S-C, Hercules standing facing, nude, head right, resting club wrapped in lion skin upon a rock.</p><p>RIC III 399Aa (see note).</p><p>(18.36 grams / 28 mm)</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Attribution Notes:</b>&nbsp; Legend not clear, but seems to be RIC 399Aa (bottom tail of the &quot;S&quot; is just visible at the end of the obverse legend).&nbsp; There are two variations of the Hercules without the bow type:&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>RIC 399Aa ...ANTONINVS AVG PIVS </p><p><br /></p><p>RIC 399Ac ...ANTON AVG PIVS BRIT[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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