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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Steven Michael Gardner, post: 4203054, member: 97508&quot;]I seem to have gathered quite a bit of information on this coin, and I do love the beauty of the sculpting, however I have not come by any official Reference or ID # on this one, there are many various Dionysos / Hercules made over the centuries, I guess I just find this one unique because I have it???&nbsp;&nbsp; I would really also like to know the mint Date for this particular coin, as I have seen a multitude of dates thrown around....&nbsp; This is what I have right now Below....</p><p><br /></p><p>Greek city of Perinthus in Thrace</p><p>Autonomous Issue under the Romans</p><p>Bronze 20mm (4.49 grams) (???Struck circa 100-200 A.D.???)</p><p>Head of Dionysos facing right wearing ivy wreath.</p><p>ΠΕΡΙΝΘΙΩΝ,&nbsp; the &quot;Farnese&quot; Hercules standing, head</p><p>to right,&nbsp; resting hand on hip and placing left on club set on&nbsp; </p><p>rock; draped lion skin beside club.</p><p>* Numismatic Note: Rare, possibly unpublished type.</p><p><br /></p><p>The model for this reverse type is the famed marble Farnese Hercules statue that was discovered in the&nbsp; excavations of the Btahs of Caracalla in 1546. It stood&nbsp; for over 200 years in the Palazzo Farnese in Rome, from whence it gained its name, and was moved to Naples in&nbsp; 1787, where it is now displayed in the Museo&nbsp; Archeologico Nazionale. The statue is thought to be an&nbsp; enlarged copy sculpted in early 3rd Century AD by Glykon&nbsp; based on an original by Lysippos dating to the 4th&nbsp; century BC. The statue depicts Hercules at rest after&nbsp; completing his labors: he is shown standing with his&nbsp; club, draped in the skin of the Nemean lion, set upright&nbsp; on a rock, propped under his left arm supporting the&nbsp; weight of his muscular frame, his head slightly nodding&nbsp; forward in a weary attitude, and he holds the apples of&nbsp; the Hesperides behind his back in his right hand. The&nbsp; sculpture was apparently well-liked by the Romans, and&nbsp; copies have been found in Roman palaces and gymnasiums.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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