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<p>[QUOTE="zumbly, post: 4282361, member: 57495"]Nice new addition to the ol' shield coin collection!</p><p><br /></p><p>You got it, Captain...</p><p><br /></p><p>Snake strangling while he was a wee baby:[ATTACH=full]1089627[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>CALABRIA, Tarentum</b></p><p>AR Diobol. 1.0g, 11.6mm. CALABRIA, Tarentum, circa 275-212 BC. Vlasto 1460-1461; HN Italy 1068. O: Head of Athena right, wearing crested helmet, decorated with Skylla. R: Herakliskos Drakonopignon: the infant demigod Herakles strangling two snakes; ΦIN monogram to left, [LE (ligate)] in exergue.</p><p><i>Ex E.E. Clain-Stefanelli Collection</i></p><p><br /></p><p>All grown up and graduating to full-sized monsters:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1089630[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>GETA</b></p><p>AE27. 11.72g, 27.6mm. THRACE, Hadrianopolis, circa AD 209-211. Varbanov 3684. O: AVT K Π CEΠTMIOC ΓETAC, laureate, draped bust right. R: AΔPIANOΠOΛITΩN, Herakles standing left with raised club, preparing to open a can of whoopass on the Lernean Hydra.</p><p><br /></p><p>Wrestling the Cretan Bull (7th Labour):</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1089631[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS</b></p><p>AE Tetrassarion. 10.86g, 28.3mm. PONTUS, Heracleopolis (as Sebastopolis), dated CY 208 (AD 205/6). Amandry & Remy 17b; Voegtli type 4o. O: AY KAI Λ CЄ-ΠTI [...], laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right. R: CEBACTΟΠO H[PAKΛE]-O-ΠO, The Seventh Labour of Hercules : Hercules wrestling the Cretan Bull, in field, ЄT HC (date).</p><p><br /></p><p>Wrestling Antaeus the Libyan Giant:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1089639[/ATTACH]<b>CARACALLA</b></p><p>AE32. 17.91g, 32.3mm. CILICIA, Tarsus, circa AD 198-217. SNG France 1520. O: AVT KAI M AVP CЄVHPOC ANTΩNЄINOC CЄB, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right; Π – Π in fields. R: ANTΩNIANHC CЄV MHTP / TAPCOV / A M K Γ Β, Herakles left, lifting Antaios off the ground; club draped with lion skin to left.</p><p><br /></p><p>Wrestling Dionysos... seriously?! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie12" alt="o_O" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1089638[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>ELAGABALUS</b></p><p>AE19. 6.36g, 19.1mm. SYRIA, Seleucis and Pieria, Laodicea ad Mare, 218 - 222 AD. SNG Cop 372. O: IMP C M AVR ANTONINVS, Radiate bust right, slight drapery on far shoulder. R: LAVDICEON, Herakles and Dionysos wrestling; Herakles bearded on left, his club behind him; Dionysos on right, his thyrsus behind him; ΔE in ex.</p><p><br /></p><p>And finally, chilling out in the Garden of the Hesperides (11th Labour)... oops, and is that another dead snake? <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie82" alt=":shy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1089632[/ATTACH]<b>GORDIAN III</b></p><p>AE34. 20.82g, 34.3mm. CILICIA, Tarsus, circa AD 238-244. SNG France 1667 var. (rev legend). O: AVT KAI M ANTΩNIOC ΓOPΔIANOC CЄB, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right; Π – Π in exergue. R: TAPCOV MHTPOΠOΛЄΩ / A M - K Γ B, Hercules standing facing, head left, holding club and apples of the Hesperides; tree to left, from which hangs the carcass of the monstrous serpent Ladon.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="zumbly, post: 4282361, member: 57495"]Nice new addition to the ol' shield coin collection! You got it, Captain... Snake strangling while he was a wee baby:[ATTACH=full]1089627[/ATTACH] [B]CALABRIA, Tarentum[/B] AR Diobol. 1.0g, 11.6mm. CALABRIA, Tarentum, circa 275-212 BC. Vlasto 1460-1461; HN Italy 1068. O: Head of Athena right, wearing crested helmet, decorated with Skylla. R: Herakliskos Drakonopignon: the infant demigod Herakles strangling two snakes; ΦIN monogram to left, [LE (ligate)] in exergue. [I]Ex E.E. Clain-Stefanelli Collection[/I] All grown up and graduating to full-sized monsters: [ATTACH=full]1089630[/ATTACH] [B]GETA[/B] AE27. 11.72g, 27.6mm. THRACE, Hadrianopolis, circa AD 209-211. Varbanov 3684. O: AVT K Π CEΠTMIOC ΓETAC, laureate, draped bust right. R: AΔPIANOΠOΛITΩN, Herakles standing left with raised club, preparing to open a can of whoopass on the Lernean Hydra. Wrestling the Cretan Bull (7th Labour): [ATTACH=full]1089631[/ATTACH] [B]SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS[/B] AE Tetrassarion. 10.86g, 28.3mm. PONTUS, Heracleopolis (as Sebastopolis), dated CY 208 (AD 205/6). Amandry & Remy 17b; Voegtli type 4o. O: AY KAI Λ CЄ-ΠTI [...], laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right. R: CEBACTΟΠO H[PAKΛE]-O-ΠO, The Seventh Labour of Hercules : Hercules wrestling the Cretan Bull, in field, ЄT HC (date). Wrestling Antaeus the Libyan Giant: [ATTACH=full]1089639[/ATTACH][B]CARACALLA[/B] AE32. 17.91g, 32.3mm. CILICIA, Tarsus, circa AD 198-217. SNG France 1520. O: AVT KAI M AVP CЄVHPOC ANTΩNЄINOC CЄB, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right; Π – Π in fields. R: ANTΩNIANHC CЄV MHTP / TAPCOV / A M K Γ Β, Herakles left, lifting Antaios off the ground; club draped with lion skin to left. Wrestling Dionysos... seriously?! o_O [ATTACH=full]1089638[/ATTACH] [B]ELAGABALUS[/B] AE19. 6.36g, 19.1mm. SYRIA, Seleucis and Pieria, Laodicea ad Mare, 218 - 222 AD. SNG Cop 372. O: IMP C M AVR ANTONINVS, Radiate bust right, slight drapery on far shoulder. R: LAVDICEON, Herakles and Dionysos wrestling; Herakles bearded on left, his club behind him; Dionysos on right, his thyrsus behind him; ΔE in ex. And finally, chilling out in the Garden of the Hesperides (11th Labour)... oops, and is that another dead snake? :shy:: [ATTACH=full]1089632[/ATTACH][B]GORDIAN III[/B] AE34. 20.82g, 34.3mm. CILICIA, Tarsus, circa AD 238-244. SNG France 1667 var. (rev legend). O: AVT KAI M ANTΩNIOC ΓOPΔIANOC CЄB, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right; Π – Π in exergue. R: TAPCOV MHTPOΠOΛЄΩ / A M - K Γ B, Hercules standing facing, head left, holding club and apples of the Hesperides; tree to left, from which hangs the carcass of the monstrous serpent Ladon.[/QUOTE]
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