Bi-metallic medallion of Commodus, Rome, 192 A.D.
L AELIVS AVRELIVS COMMODVS AVG PIVS FELIX; Bust of Commodus as Hercules l., wearing lion-skin headdress tied at neck.
HERCVLI ROMANO AVG P M TR P XVIII COS VII P P; Hercules, nude, standing facing, head r., resting r. hand on club set on ground, and l. holding rear paw of corpse of Nemean Lion set on ground head first.
Gnecchi —; Grueber —; Froehner —; Tocci —; Dressel —; Toynbee pp. 74-75
Picture credit: Classical Numismatic Group, Inc. (Triton XIII), 5.1.2010, lot 324
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