Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
Antoninianus - Postumus Hercules, Eleventh Labour
| Issuer | Gallic Empire (Roman splinter states) |
|---|---|
| Year | 260-269 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Postumus facing right, portrayed with a short beard, set upon a radiate crown typical of the antoninianus denomination. The emperor's effigy is rendered in the robust, somewhat provincial style characteristic of Gallic Empire coinage. The circumferential Latin legend reads POSTVMVS PIVS FELIX AVG, distributed around the bust from left to right. The flan is irregular and slightly cracked, consistent with hammered billon coinage of the period. The relief is bold, with fine detail preserved in the radiate crown and facial features despite moderate wear. |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Latin |
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | The reverse depicts the Eleventh Labour of Hercules — the stealing of the golden apples from the Garden of the Hesperides. Hercules is shown standing at right, nude and muscular, facing left, receiving the apples from one of the Hesperides nymphs who stands before him at left, partially draped. A stylised tree with spreading branches occupies the upper field between the two figures, representing the mythological garden. The abbreviated legend HERCVLI ROM appears at right, referencing Hercules in his Roman civic aspect. The scene is rendered in the lively, somewhat provincial style of the Lugdunum mint under Postumus. |
| Reverse script | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Log in to see details |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Additional information | Log in to see details |