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hieron Registered User Registered: May 2007 Posts: 894 users gallery	AU Maximianus Herculius Aureus 286-305 A.D.(6.15g) Rome 293 A.D. O: MAXIMIANUS PF AUG; Laur.hd.r.; Pink Num. Zettschr. 1931, p.21 (cites a single specimen only, in Florence); C 595 (150 Fr., formerly Paris); erroneously omitted from RIC V/2 R: VIRTUS AUGG; Hercules r. forcing stag to ground; on l., lionskin draped over club (As part of his labors Hercules was ordered to capture the Kerynitian stag, which had golden antlers and was sacred to Artemis, and bring it alive to King Eurystheus in Mycenae). G: FDC S: Harlan J. Berk, Ltd. 9/19/95
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June 26, 2007 2:50am

Rating: 10

That one is amazing, wonderful!

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June 26, 2007 4:59am

Rating: 10

My lord, now he's teasing the reindeer! There'll be no presents down his chimney...

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