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Aureus - Constantius I Chlorus HERCVLI VICTORI, Nicomedia
| Issuer | Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD) |
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| Year | 294 |
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| Value | Aureus (10) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Hercules, fully nude save for the Nemean lion's skin draped over his left arm, stands facing with head turned to the right. His right hand rests upon a grounded club while his raised left hand displays the golden apples of the Hesperides, referencing his eleventh labour. The reverse legend HERCVLI VICTORI — 'To Hercules the Victorious' — encircles the figure, and the mint signature appears in the exergue, all enclosed within a beaded border. The choice of Hercules as a reverse type reflects the Tetrarchic theological programme in which the Caesars were aligned with the divine protector Hercules under the patronage of Maximian Herculius. |
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| Mint | SMN Nicomedia, Bithynia, modern-day İzmit, Turkey |
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