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<p>[QUOTE="Orielensis, post: 4282272, member: 96898"]<font size="3"><font size="4">One of my favorite figures to appear on coins!</font></font></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="3"><font size="4">Macedon:</font></font></p><p><font size="3"><br /></font></p><p><font size="3">[ATTACH=full]1089593[/ATTACH] </font></p><p><font size="3">Alexander III "the Great," Kingdom of Macedonia, Ar tetradrachm, 325–323 BC, Amphipolis mint (under Antipater). Obv: Head of Heracles right, wearing lion skin. Rev: ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, rooster standing left. 26mm, 17.17g. Ref: Price 79; Troxell 1997, issue E3. Ex CNG, e-auction 376, lot 47; ex Tiberius collection; ex AMCC 1, lot 39.</font></p><p><font size="3"><br /></font></p><p><font size="3">[ATTACH=full]1089592[/ATTACH] </font></p><p><font size="3">Alexander the Great, Macedonia, drachm, 334–323 BC, Sardes mint. Obv: Head of Heracles right, wearing lion skin headdress. Rev: AΛEXANΔΡOY, Zeus seated left, holding eagle and sceptre, monogram left, club right. 16.5mm, 4.02g. Ref: Price 2550.</font></p><p><font size="3"><br /></font></p><p><font size="3"><br /></font></p><p><font size="3"><font size="4">Roman:</font></font></p><p><font size="3">[ATTACH=full]1089602[/ATTACH] </font></p><p><font size="3">Roman Republic, moneyer: M. Atilius Serranus, AE quadrans, 148 BC, Rome mint. Obv: Head of Hercules r.; behind, three pellets. Rev: Prow r., above, M . ATILI (die break); below, [ROMA]. 17mm, 4.16g. Ref: Crawford 214/5a.</font></p><p><font size="3"><br /></font></p><p><font size="3">[ATTACH=full]1089601[/ATTACH] </font></p><p><font size="3">Roman Republic, moneyer: Q. Sicinius and C. Coponius, AR denarius, 49 BC, Rome mint. Obv: Q·SICINIVS III·VIR; head of Apollo right, hair tied with band; below, star. Rev: PR·S·C C·COPONIVS: Club of Hercules upright, on which hangs lion's skin with head in profile; in fields, bow and arrow. 19mm, 3.75g. Ref: RRC 444/1a.</font></p><p><font size="3"><br /></font></p><p><font size="3">[ATTACH=full]1089599[/ATTACH] </font></p><p><font size="3">Septimius Severus, Roman Empire, AR denarius, 196–197 AD, Rome mint. Obv: [L SEP S]EV PERT AVG IMP VI[II]; head of Septimius Severus, laureate, r. Rev: HERCV[LI DEF]ENS; Hercules standing r., leaning on club and holding bow, draped with lion skin. 16mm, 3.10g. Ref: RIC IV Septimius Severus 79.</font></p><p><font size="3"><br /></font></p><p><font size="3">[ATTACH=full]1089595[/ATTACH] </font></p><p><font size="3">Gordian III, Roman Empire, AR antoninian, 241–243 AD, Rome mint. Obv: IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG; bust of Gordian III, radiate, draped, cuirassed, r. Rev: VIRTVTI AVGVSTI; Hercules, nude, standing r., r. behind back and resting l. hand on club set on rock; beside club, lion-skin. 22mm, 3.49g. Ref: RIC IV Gordian III 95.</font></p><p><font size="3"><br /></font></p><p><font size="3">[ATTACH=full]1089597[/ATTACH] </font></p><p><font size="3">Postumus, Gallic-Roman Empire, AR antoninianus, 262–263 AD, Trier mint. Obv: IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG; bust of Postumus, radiate, draped, cuirassed, r. Rev: HERC PACIFERO; Hercules, standing l., holding olive-branch, club, and lion's skin. 22mm, 2.74g. Ref: Mairat 248–250; RIC V Postumus 67.</font></p><p><font size="3"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4">What I'm still actively searching for is an attractive Postumus antoninianus with a Hercules Deusoniensis reverse, showing a somewhat mysterious syncretistic Roman-Germanic deity.</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Orielensis, post: 4282272, member: 96898"][SIZE=3][SIZE=4]One of my favorite figures to appear on coins![/SIZE][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][SIZE=4]Macedon:[/SIZE][/SIZE] [SIZE=3] [ATTACH=full]1089593[/ATTACH] Alexander III "the Great," Kingdom of Macedonia, Ar tetradrachm, 325–323 BC, Amphipolis mint (under Antipater). Obv: Head of Heracles right, wearing lion skin. Rev: ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, rooster standing left. 26mm, 17.17g. Ref: Price 79; Troxell 1997, issue E3. Ex CNG, e-auction 376, lot 47; ex Tiberius collection; ex AMCC 1, lot 39. [ATTACH=full]1089592[/ATTACH] Alexander the Great, Macedonia, drachm, 334–323 BC, Sardes mint. Obv: Head of Heracles right, wearing lion skin headdress. Rev: AΛEXANΔΡOY, Zeus seated left, holding eagle and sceptre, monogram left, club right. 16.5mm, 4.02g. Ref: Price 2550. [SIZE=4]Roman:[/SIZE][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][ATTACH=full]1089602[/ATTACH] Roman Republic, moneyer: M. Atilius Serranus, AE quadrans, 148 BC, Rome mint. Obv: Head of Hercules r.; behind, three pellets. Rev: Prow r., above, M . ATILI (die break); below, [ROMA]. 17mm, 4.16g. Ref: Crawford 214/5a. [ATTACH=full]1089601[/ATTACH] Roman Republic, moneyer: Q. Sicinius and C. Coponius, AR denarius, 49 BC, Rome mint. Obv: Q·SICINIVS III·VIR; head of Apollo right, hair tied with band; below, star. Rev: PR·S·C C·COPONIVS: Club of Hercules upright, on which hangs lion's skin with head in profile; in fields, bow and arrow. 19mm, 3.75g. Ref: RRC 444/1a. [ATTACH=full]1089599[/ATTACH] Septimius Severus, Roman Empire, AR denarius, 196–197 AD, Rome mint. Obv: [L SEP S]EV PERT AVG IMP VI[II]; head of Septimius Severus, laureate, r. Rev: HERCV[LI DEF]ENS; Hercules standing r., leaning on club and holding bow, draped with lion skin. 16mm, 3.10g. Ref: RIC IV Septimius Severus 79. [ATTACH=full]1089595[/ATTACH] Gordian III, Roman Empire, AR antoninian, 241–243 AD, Rome mint. Obv: IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG; bust of Gordian III, radiate, draped, cuirassed, r. Rev: VIRTVTI AVGVSTI; Hercules, nude, standing r., r. behind back and resting l. hand on club set on rock; beside club, lion-skin. 22mm, 3.49g. Ref: RIC IV Gordian III 95. [ATTACH=full]1089597[/ATTACH] Postumus, Gallic-Roman Empire, AR antoninianus, 262–263 AD, Trier mint. Obv: IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG; bust of Postumus, radiate, draped, cuirassed, r. Rev: HERC PACIFERO; Hercules, standing l., holding olive-branch, club, and lion's skin. 22mm, 2.74g. Ref: Mairat 248–250; RIC V Postumus 67. [/SIZE] [SIZE=4]What I'm still actively searching for is an attractive Postumus antoninianus with a Hercules Deusoniensis reverse, showing a somewhat mysterious syncretistic Roman-Germanic deity.[/SIZE][/QUOTE]
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