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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 6713892, member: 75937&quot;]My favorite Hercules-themed coins are those of this husband/wife pair. </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/severus-markianopolis-herakles-and-nemean-lion-jpg.1097651/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Septimius Severus, AD 193-211.</p><p>Roman provincial Æ 18.6 mm, 4.37 g, 7 h.</p><p>Moesia Inferior, Marcianopolis, AD 193-211.</p><p>Obv: ΑV Κ CΕΠΤΙ CΕΥΗΡΟC Π, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right.</p><p>Rev: MAPKIA-NOΠOΛITΩ-N, Herakles standing left, wrestling the Nemean lion.</p><p>Refs: AMNG I 585 v.; Varbanov 710; Moushmov 397; H&amp;J 6.14.14.5-6; Mionnet Suppl. 2, 126.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/domna-marcianopolis-herakles-and-the-lion-jpg.1015494/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Julia Domna, AD 193-217.</p><p>Roman provincial Æ 16.8 mm, 4.33 g, 1 h.</p><p>Moesia Inferior, Marcianopolis, AD 193-211.</p><p>Obv: IOVΛIA ΔO-MNA CEB, bare-headed and draped bust right.</p><p>Rev: MAPKIANOΠOΛITΩN, Herakles standing right, wrestling the Nemean lion.</p><p>Refs: AMNG I 606; Varbanov 673; Moushmov 419; SNG Copenhagen --; SNG Budapest --.</p><p><br /></p><p>Club of Herakles!</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/severus-nicopolis-club-ae-16-jpg.1113788/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>Septimius Severus, AD 193-211.</p><p>Roman provincial Æ assarion, 16.0 mm, 2.51 g, 1 h.</p><p>Moesia Inferior, Nicopolis ad Istrum.</p><p>Obv: ΑV Λ CΕVΗΡΟC, laureate head right.</p><p>Rev: ΝΙΚΟΠΟΛΙ ΠΡΟC ΙC, club.</p><p>Refs: AMNG I 1425; Moushmov 970. </p><p><br /></p><p>Herakles and his club after he was done with the Nemean lion.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/caracalla-serdica-herakles-standing-jpg.821023/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>Caracalla, AD 198-217. </p><p>Roman provincial Æ 28.3 mm, 13.70 g, 8 h. </p><p>Thrace, Serdica, AD 198-217. </p><p>Obv: AVT K M AVP CEVH ANTΩNEINOC, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust, right, seen from behind.</p><p>Rev: ΟVΛΠΙΑC CΕPΔΙΚΗC, Hercules standing right, forearm draped with lion skin, holding club set on ground and bow.</p><p>Refs: Ruzicka Serdica 266; Moushmov Serdica 397; Moushmov 4912; Varbanov 374; cf. BMC 3.173,15.</p><p><br /></p><p>And it seems everyone has one of these roaches!</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/gordian-iii-virtvti-avgvsti-antoninianus-jpg.1065391/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Gordian III AD 238-244. </p><p>Roman AR Antoninianus, 5.52 g, 23.2 mm, 2 h.</p><p>Rome mint, 4th officina, 8th-11th emissions, AD 240-243. </p><p>Obv: IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG, radiate and draped bust, right </p><p>Rev: VIRTVTI AVGVSTI, Hercules standing right, right hand on hip, left holding lion&#039;s skin and resting on club set on rock </p><p>Refs: RIC 95; Cohen 404; RCV 8670; Hunter 71.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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