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Maximian, 286 - 305, 306 - 308, and 310 A.D.
| Hercules is depicted in the same pose as the Farnese Hercules, a massive marble sculpture, which depicts a muscular yet weary Hercules leaning on his club, which has his lion-skin draped over it. He has just performed the last of The Twelve Labors, which is suggested by the apples of the Hesperides he holds behind his back. The Farnese Hercules is probably an enlarged copy made in the early third century A.D., signed by Glykon, from an original by Lysippos that would have been made in the fourth century B.C. The copy was made for the Baths of Caracalla in Rome (dedicated in 216 A.D.), where it was recovered in 1546. Today it is in Naples National Archaeological Museum. The statue was well-liked by the Romans, and copies have been found in many Roman palaces and gymnasiums. It is one of the most famous sculptures of antiquity, and has fixed the image of the mythic hero in the human imagination. |  |
RT93260. Billon antoninianus, RIC V-2 437, Cohen VI 565, SRCV IV -, Hunter V -, Choice VF, broad flan, full legends, dark patina, edge crack, Lugdunum (Lyon, France) mint, weight 3.930g, maximum diameter 22.4mm, die axis 180o, 286 A.D.; obverse IMP C VAL MAXIMIANVS P F AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from the front; reverse VIRTVS AVGG (to the valor of the two emperors), Hercules standing right, leaning on club with lion's skin on pile of rocks, C (retrograde) left field; SOLD
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