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<p>[QUOTE="Jochen1, post: 3262776, member: 103829"]Macrinus & Diadumenian, AD 217-218</p><p>AE 28, 12.14g, 27.51mm, 180°</p><p>struck under governor P. Furius Pontianus</p><p>obv. AVT K OPELLI CEV MAKREINOC KM OPELLI ANTWNEINOC</p><p>Confronting busts of Macrinus, draped and cuirassed, laureate, r., and Diadumenian, draped, bare-headed, l.</p><p>rev. VP PONTIANOV MARKIANOPOLEITWN (OV ligate)</p><p>Herakles Farnese, bearded, nude, stg. r., r. hand behind back, resting with r. arm on club covered with lion's skin set in arm pit stg. on rocks (?)</p><p>in l. field E</p><p>ref. a) AMNG I/1, 753 (2 ex., St.Petersburg, Sestini)</p><p>b) Varbanov (engl.) 1291 corr. (writes in error different obv. legend and describes bust wrongly)</p><p>c) Hristova/Jekov (2013) No. 6.24.14.2 (plate coin)</p><p>d) Pfeiffer 254 (same dies)</p><p>e) Megaw MAR5.29c (this coin)</p><p>scarce, VF, black green patina</p><p>pedigree:</p><p>ex coll. Lars Rutten</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]858639[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>This is the famous Herakles Farnese of Lysipp. The depiction of the rock is strange. Pick writes: "According to Sestini's description the club rests on four apples. This could be true for the ex. from St.Petersburg too." But on this specimen it is obviously neither a rock nor four apples. It looks like 4 balls of wool!</p><p><br /></p><p>Jochen[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Jochen1, post: 3262776, member: 103829"]Macrinus & Diadumenian, AD 217-218 AE 28, 12.14g, 27.51mm, 180° struck under governor P. Furius Pontianus obv. AVT K OPELLI CEV MAKREINOC KM OPELLI ANTWNEINOC Confronting busts of Macrinus, draped and cuirassed, laureate, r., and Diadumenian, draped, bare-headed, l. rev. VP PONTIANOV MARKIANOPOLEITWN (OV ligate) Herakles Farnese, bearded, nude, stg. r., r. hand behind back, resting with r. arm on club covered with lion's skin set in arm pit stg. on rocks (?) in l. field E ref. a) AMNG I/1, 753 (2 ex., St.Petersburg, Sestini) b) Varbanov (engl.) 1291 corr. (writes in error different obv. legend and describes bust wrongly) c) Hristova/Jekov (2013) No. 6.24.14.2 (plate coin) d) Pfeiffer 254 (same dies) e) Megaw MAR5.29c (this coin) scarce, VF, black green patina pedigree: ex coll. Lars Rutten [ATTACH=full]858639[/ATTACH] This is the famous Herakles Farnese of Lysipp. The depiction of the rock is strange. Pick writes: "According to Sestini's description the club rests on four apples. This could be true for the ex. from St.Petersburg too." But on this specimen it is obviously neither a rock nor four apples. It looks like 4 balls of wool! Jochen[/QUOTE]
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