Celtic Coin Showing Hercules

Illustration

Mark Cartwright
by The British Museum
published on 02 March 2021
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A Celtic coin from the Iron Age Balkans. Silver, 2nd-1st century BCE. The obverse shows Dionysos while the reverse shows a stylised Hercules holding a club and lion skin. (British Museum, London)

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