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Posted 11/07/2025 10:18 am
Here are two examples from the Rome mint that reference Hercules.
the first is pretty self-explanatory
Maximianus
A.D. 291
AE Antoninianus 23mm 3.9g
IMP MAXIMIANVS P F AVG; radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right.
VIRTVS AVGG; Hercules stg. l., head left, holding club,trophy and lion's skin.
In ex. XXIA
RIC Vii Rome 515
This next coin has a club in the exergue; which represents the club of Hercules. This series also has a thunder bolt mintmark for Jupiter. This coin is from the Rauceby Hoard and the bust type with slight drapery over left shoulder is unrecorded during this period...though several are known-- you just have to pay attention to notice them. It is in "Recent Discoveries of Tetrarchic Hoards from Roman Britain and their Wider Context" British Museum Research Publication 236 as coin #843; though it is misdescribed as RIC VI Rome 96b; as no mention of the slight drapery is made. It is a plate coin; though it was in uncleaned condition then.
Maximianus
A.D. 299- 301
AE follis 27mm 9.0g
IMP C MAXIMIANVS P F AVG; laureate head right; slight drapery on left shoulder.
GENIO POPVLI ROMANI; Genius standing left, modius on head, naked but for chlamys over left shoulder, right holding patera.
In ex. S club
RIC VI Rome --; BM Rauceby hoard # 843
the first is pretty self-explanatory
Maximianus
A.D. 291
AE Antoninianus 23mm 3.9g
IMP MAXIMIANVS P F AVG; radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right.
VIRTVS AVGG; Hercules stg. l., head left, holding club,trophy and lion's skin.
In ex. XXIA
RIC Vii Rome 515
This next coin has a club in the exergue; which represents the club of Hercules. This series also has a thunder bolt mintmark for Jupiter. This coin is from the Rauceby Hoard and the bust type with slight drapery over left shoulder is unrecorded during this period...though several are known-- you just have to pay attention to notice them. It is in "Recent Discoveries of Tetrarchic Hoards from Roman Britain and their Wider Context" British Museum Research Publication 236 as coin #843; though it is misdescribed as RIC VI Rome 96b; as no mention of the slight drapery is made. It is a plate coin; though it was in uncleaned condition then.
Maximianus
A.D. 299- 301
AE follis 27mm 9.0g
IMP C MAXIMIANVS P F AVG; laureate head right; slight drapery on left shoulder.
GENIO POPVLI ROMANI; Genius standing left, modius on head, naked but for chlamys over left shoulder, right holding patera.
In ex. S club
RIC VI Rome --; BM Rauceby hoard # 843
