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<p>[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 7896463, member: 85693"]Here is the Farnese Hercules on a sestertius of Commodus. Commodus was rather obsessed with Hercules, so there are a lot of types. This one seems to be scarcer than the sestertii with Hercules holding a bow. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1363514[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Commodus Æ Sestertius </b></p><p><b>(183-184 A.D.) </b></p><p><b>Rome Mint</b></p><p>[M COM]MODVS A[NTONINVS AVG PIV]S, laureate head right / [P M TR P VIIII IMP VI COS IIII P P] S-C, Hercules standing facing, nude, head right, resting club wrapped in lion skin upon a rock.</p><p>RIC III 399Aa (see note).</p><p>(18.36 grams / 28 mm)</p><p>eBay Jan. 2021 </p><p><b>Attribution Notes:</b> Legend not clear, but seems to be RIC 399Aa (bottom tail of the "S" is visible at the end of the obverse legend).</p><p><br /></p><p>There are two variations of the Hercules without the bow type:</p><p><br /></p><p><b>RIC 399Aa</b></p><p>...ANTONINVS AVG PIVS</p><p><b>RIC 399Ac</b></p><p>...ANTON AVG PIVS BRIT[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 7896463, member: 85693"]Here is the Farnese Hercules on a sestertius of Commodus. Commodus was rather obsessed with Hercules, so there are a lot of types. This one seems to be scarcer than the sestertii with Hercules holding a bow. [ATTACH=full]1363514[/ATTACH] [B]Commodus Æ Sestertius (183-184 A.D.) Rome Mint[/B] [M COM]MODVS A[NTONINVS AVG PIV]S, laureate head right / [P M TR P VIIII IMP VI COS IIII P P] S-C, Hercules standing facing, nude, head right, resting club wrapped in lion skin upon a rock. RIC III 399Aa (see note). (18.36 grams / 28 mm) eBay Jan. 2021 [B]Attribution Notes:[/B] Legend not clear, but seems to be RIC 399Aa (bottom tail of the "S" is visible at the end of the obverse legend). There are two variations of the Hercules without the bow type: [B]RIC 399Aa[/B] ...ANTONINVS AVG PIVS [B]RIC 399Ac[/B] ...ANTON AVG PIVS BRIT[/QUOTE]
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