Silver denarius of Postumus, Cologne, 268 A.D.
POSTVMVS PIVS FELIX AVG; Jugate laureate busts of Hercules and Postumus l.
HERCVLI ROM; Hercules, naked, seen from the back, head l., with lion skin over l. arm and resting r. hand on club set on ground; to l., the three Hesperides flee on the l., between them, the Tree of the Hesperides, with Ladon coiled around trunk.
RIC 351; Cohen 135; Elmer 536; Bastien Travaux d’Hercule p.78, 50; Schulte 115, 149c
Picture credit: Paul-Francis Jacquier (Auction 42), 16.9.2016, lot 584
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