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On the obverse of the coin, the god Apollo stands facing to the left, leaning against a laurel tree with a libation bowl held in his hand. On the coin’s reverse side, the demigod Herakles stands facing the right while holding a lion skin, a club, and…

Mithridates' royal propaganda expresses both his eastern and western ancestry and military victory. The obverse of this coin depicts Alexander the Great wearing the horn of Zeus Ammon. The reverse shows Athena seated with her elbow resting on a…

The late Roman/Byzantine ruler Constans II was also called Constantine the Bearded. He is depicted with long beard and moustache, wearing a crown and chlamys (a short, fine woolen mantle worn by men in ancient Greece) and holding globus cruciger, a…

Two soldiers are confronting each other while holding a spear in their outer hand and a shield with the other. There is a "standard" between them, usually a pennant, flag, or banner strung to a pole representing a calvary unit for the kingdom the…