Friday, April 10, 2026

The 12 labours of Hercules depicted on Ancient coinage

1st Labour- Slaying the Nemean Lion, on a Double Dekadrachm of Syracuse in Sicily, 405-400 BC.
The 12 labours of Hercules
by u/coinoscopeV2
2nd Labour- Slaying the Lernaean Hydra, on a Stater of Phaistos in Crete, 350-300 BC.
3rd Labour - Capturing the Ceryneian Hind, on a Roman bronze Medallion of Perinthus in Thrace, 211-217 AD.
4th Labour - Capturing the Erymanthian Boar, on another Roman bronze Medallion from Perinthus, 193-211 AD.
5th Labour - Cleaning the Augean stables in a single day, on a bronze Drachm from Alexandria in Roman Egypt, 146/147 AD.
6th Labour - Slaying the Stymphalian birds, on another bronze Drachm from Alexandria, 142/143 AD.
7th Labour - Capturing the Cretan Bull, on a didrachm of Selinos in Sicily, 455-440 BC.
8th Labour- Stealing the Mares of Diomedes, on a Provincial Roman bronze from Heracleia Pontica in Bithynia, 217-218 AD.
9th Labour - Obtaining the belt of Hippolyta, queen of the Amazons, from an uncertain stater of Cilica, mid-late 5th century.
10th Labour - Obtaining the cattle of the three-bodied giant Geryon, on another bronze Drachm from Alexandria, 140/141 AD.
11th Labour - Stealing three of the golden apples of the Hesperides, on a Roman Aureus minted at Antioch, 293-295 AD.
12th Labour - Capturing and bringing back Cerberus, on a civic bronze Octassarion from Heracleia Pontica, 238-244 AD.

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