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Herakles attacks to Diomedes 

Bronze coin of Handrianopolis mint, Roman Imperial period, Commodus, 184-185 AD. In the reverse side the eighth labour of Herakles is depicted. Herakles is naked, wears a lion skin and moves to the right. He brandships the club in his raised right hand and siezes in his left hand the fallen Diomedes by the head. To left and to right, prancing horses. Under the scene the inscription ΗΓΕ ΙΟVΛ ΚΑϹΤΟΥ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ. In the obverse side the bust of Commodus.


Caption Bronze coin of Hadrianopolis, depicting Herakles attacking to Diomedes

Mythic people Herakles (Hero) ,Diomedes (King)

Type Coin

Artist/Creator mint of Hadrianopolis

Origin Hadrianopolis, Thrace

Current position Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des Monnaies, médailles et antiques, Paris

Index number 628

Dating 184-185 AD, Roman times, Commodus

Notes

Type cn type 5699 < Corpus Nummorum (corpus-nummorum.eu)

 

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