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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 1876971, member: 57495&quot;]Not sure if this is cheating since Heracles/Hercules was only semi-divine, but in his mythology he did become a god upon his death.&nbsp; In the Roman era, the cult of Hercules was popular and he was quite widely worshipped.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>The legends of Hercules also make for great coin designs.&nbsp; The Twelve Labour of Hercules are frequently seen on the reverse of Roman provincial issues from Alexandria to Moesia to Thrace.&nbsp; This Septimius Severus bronze from Marcianopolis depicts the First Labour of Hercules - the slaying of the Nemean Lion. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]317545[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><b>SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS</b></p><p>AE17 (3.21g, 17mm)</p><p>MOESIA INFERIOR Marcianopolis, 193 - 211 AD.&nbsp; </p><p>H&amp;J, Marcianopolis 6.14.14.1; Varbanov 732; Moushmov 397.&nbsp; </p><p>O: AV L CEPT CEVHPOC, laureate, draped &amp; cuirassed bust right.&nbsp; </p><p>R: MARKIANOPOLITWN, Hercules strangling the Nemean lion.</p><p><br /></p><p>Heracles also gave his name to numerous cities, like Heraclea Pontica in Bithynia (modern day Karadeniz Eregli in Turkey), where the following coin was minted.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]317546[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><b>BITHYNIA, Heraclea Pontica</b></p><p>Circa 250 - 200 BC(?) </p><p>Æ (3.35g, 18mm)</p><p>Stancomb, Autonomous 7a, dies A2/– (unlisted rev. die); SNG BM Black Sea 1631; HGC 7, 489.&nbsp; </p><p>O: Head of Heracles right, wearing lion skin.&nbsp; </p><p>R: HRAKLEWTAN, Lion right; monogram above, facing boukranion between forelegs, club below.</p><p>Ex Ronald J. Hansen Collection[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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