- Katılım
- 4 Şub 2022
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The reverse of this coin was modelled on what is now known as the Farnese Hercules, the famed marble statue that was discovered during excavation of the Baths of Caracalla in 1546. Thought to have been copied and enlarged in the third century AD by Glycon from a lost original by Lysippus from the fourth century BC, the sculpture shows Hercules leaning heavily on his club, on which is draped the skin of the Nemean lion.
That he has completed his labours is shown in the original scuplture by the Apples of the Hesperides, which he holds behind his back in his right hand. Gaining its name from the Palazzo Farnese in Rome in which it was housed for two hundred years, the statue is now housed in the Museo Archeologico Nazional in Naples. VIRTVTI AVGVSTI : To the courage of the Emperor.
That he has completed his labours is shown in the original scuplture by the Apples of the Hesperides, which he holds behind his back in his right hand. Gaining its name from the Palazzo Farnese in Rome in which it was housed for two hundred years, the statue is now housed in the Museo Archeologico Nazional in Naples. VIRTVTI AVGVSTI : To the courage of the Emperor.