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<p>[QUOTE="JulesUK, post: 4282749, member: 107940"]Great thread and some lovely coins. Here is my input.</p><p><br /></p><p>Another Gordian III with the "Strike a pose" Hercules. An essential in anyone`s collection it seems.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1089732[/ATTACH]</p><p>GORDIAN III Antoninianus (241-243 AD) 22mm 5.4g Rome mint RIC 95</p><p>Obv; IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG, Bust of Gordian III, rad, dr, cuir, right</p><p>Rev; VIRTVTI AVGVSTI. Hercules, nude, standing right, Rt hand on hip, left hand on club set in rock, lionskin next to club.</p><p> </p><p>I picked up this next one a couple of weeks ago mainly due to the fact that Hercules has an apple in his hand. I, rightly or wrongly, took this as a reference to his Eleventh task/labour whereby he had to steal three golden apples from the garden of Hesperides.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1089733[/ATTACH]</p><p>GALLIENUS (AD 266-268) Ant 20mm 3.41g RIC V-1 (S), Asian Mint 623 var (dot after mintmark); Goebl 1647a; Sear 10404</p><p>Obv; GALLIENVS AVG. Bust of Gallienus, rad, cuir right.</p><p>Rev; VIRTUS AVG. Hercules, nude except for lionskin draped over left arm, standing right, holding club in rt hand and apple in left. VIIC in ex.</p><p><br /></p><p>Finally this grubby and very small Greek coin appealed to me due to the primeval look of Hercules, you can almost feel the "Myth" become real when you hold this.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1089735[/ATTACH] </p><p>Selge, Pisidia, 2nd-1st Century BC. AE 12/13mm. SNG Cop 263. Sear #5491</p><p>Obv; Bust of HERAKLES rt, club at shoulder.</p><p>Rev; Winged thunderbolt, bow to right, E-E across fields.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="JulesUK, post: 4282749, member: 107940"]Great thread and some lovely coins. Here is my input. Another Gordian III with the "Strike a pose" Hercules. An essential in anyone`s collection it seems. [ATTACH=full]1089732[/ATTACH] GORDIAN III Antoninianus (241-243 AD) 22mm 5.4g Rome mint RIC 95 Obv; IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG, Bust of Gordian III, rad, dr, cuir, right Rev; VIRTVTI AVGVSTI. Hercules, nude, standing right, Rt hand on hip, left hand on club set in rock, lionskin next to club. I picked up this next one a couple of weeks ago mainly due to the fact that Hercules has an apple in his hand. I, rightly or wrongly, took this as a reference to his Eleventh task/labour whereby he had to steal three golden apples from the garden of Hesperides. [ATTACH=full]1089733[/ATTACH] GALLIENUS (AD 266-268) Ant 20mm 3.41g RIC V-1 (S), Asian Mint 623 var (dot after mintmark); Goebl 1647a; Sear 10404 Obv; GALLIENVS AVG. Bust of Gallienus, rad, cuir right. Rev; VIRTUS AVG. Hercules, nude except for lionskin draped over left arm, standing right, holding club in rt hand and apple in left. VIIC in ex. Finally this grubby and very small Greek coin appealed to me due to the primeval look of Hercules, you can almost feel the "Myth" become real when you hold this. [ATTACH=full]1089735[/ATTACH] Selge, Pisidia, 2nd-1st Century BC. AE 12/13mm. SNG Cop 263. Sear #5491 Obv; Bust of HERAKLES rt, club at shoulder. Rev; Winged thunderbolt, bow to right, E-E across fields.[/QUOTE]
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