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<p>[QUOTE="ancientone, post: 2726115, member: 71599"]Hercules, Herakles, Jupiter(Roman), was the son of Zeus and famous for his "Twelve Labours" along with many other adventures. Here is the more common Nemean Lion type of Commodus from Marcianopolis.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]618799[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Moesia, Markianopolis. Commodus AE20. Nemean Lion. </b></p><p>Obv: AVT KAI L AVP KOMODOC, laureate head right </p><p>Rev: MAPKIANOPOLEITWN, Hercules wrestling Nemean lion left.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Twelve Labours:</p><ol> <li>Slay the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nemean_lion" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nemean_lion" rel="nofollow">Nemean Lion</a>.</li> <li>Slay the nine-headed <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lernaean_Hydra" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lernaean_Hydra" rel="nofollow">Lernaean Hydra</a>.</li> <li>Capture the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceryneian_Hind" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceryneian_Hind" rel="nofollow">Golden Hind of Artemis</a>.</li> <li>Capture the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erymanthian_Boar" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erymanthian_Boar" rel="nofollow">Erymanthian Boar</a>.</li> <li>Clean the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augeas" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augeas" rel="nofollow">Augean</a> stables in a single day.</li> <li>Slay the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stymphalian_birds" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stymphalian_birds" rel="nofollow">Stymphalian Birds</a>.</li> <li>Capture the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cretan_Bull" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cretan_Bull" rel="nofollow">Cretan Bull</a>.</li> <li>Steal the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mares_of_Diomedes" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mares_of_Diomedes" rel="nofollow">Mares of Diomedes</a>.</li> <li>Obtain the girdle of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hippolyta" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hippolyta" rel="nofollow">Hippolyta</a>, Queen of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazons" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazons" rel="nofollow">Amazons</a>.</li> <li>Obtain the cattle of the monster <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geryon" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geryon" rel="nofollow">Geryon</a>.</li> <li>Steal the apples of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hesperides" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hesperides" rel="nofollow">Hesperides</a>.</li> <li>Capture and bring back <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerberus" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerberus" rel="nofollow">Cerberus</a>.</li> </ol><p>Please share any coins related you may have.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="ancientone, post: 2726115, member: 71599"]Hercules, Herakles, Jupiter(Roman), was the son of Zeus and famous for his "Twelve Labours" along with many other adventures. Here is the more common Nemean Lion type of Commodus from Marcianopolis. [ATTACH=full]618799[/ATTACH] [B]Moesia, Markianopolis. Commodus AE20. Nemean Lion. [/B] Obv: AVT KAI L AVP KOMODOC, laureate head right Rev: MAPKIANOPOLEITWN, Hercules wrestling Nemean lion left. The Twelve Labours: [LIST=1] [*]Slay the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nemean_lion']Nemean Lion[/URL]. [*]Slay the nine-headed [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lernaean_Hydra']Lernaean Hydra[/URL]. [*]Capture the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceryneian_Hind']Golden Hind of Artemis[/URL]. [*]Capture the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erymanthian_Boar']Erymanthian Boar[/URL]. [*]Clean the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augeas']Augean[/URL] stables in a single day. [*]Slay the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stymphalian_birds']Stymphalian Birds[/URL]. [*]Capture the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cretan_Bull']Cretan Bull[/URL]. [*]Steal the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mares_of_Diomedes']Mares of Diomedes[/URL]. [*]Obtain the girdle of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hippolyta']Hippolyta[/URL], Queen of the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazons']Amazons[/URL]. [*]Obtain the cattle of the monster [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geryon']Geryon[/URL]. [*]Steal the apples of the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hesperides']Hesperides[/URL]. [*]Capture and bring back [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerberus']Cerberus[/URL]. [/LIST] Please share any coins related you may have.[/QUOTE]
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