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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 6252530, member: 85693&quot;]Nice coins and write-up.&nbsp; One of my favorite emperors to collect - I&#039;d like to get one of those lionskin bust types, but they tend to be out of my price range.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Until then, here this new one is a Commodus sestertius with the Hercules Farnese on the reverse - this was minted earlier in his reign, before Commodus started dressing up like Hercules (at least not on his coins).&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>This is not the similar one where Hercules is holding the bow. Here he rests his club on a rock, other hand behind his back holding the apples (presumably), like the Farnese statue. As far as I can tell, it is rather scarce.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/commodus-sest-hercules-farn-jan-2021-0-jpg.1235790/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Commodus Æ Sestertius</b></p><p><b>(183-184 A.D.)</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> 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). There are two variations of the Hercules without the bow type:</p><p><br /></p><p>RIC 399Aa ...ANTONINVS AVG PIVS</p><p>RIC 399Ac ...ANTON AVG PIVS BRIT[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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