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THRACE, Traianopolis. Caracalla. AD 198-217. Æ (17mm, 3.90 g, 12h). Laureate head right / Infant Hercules kneeling right, strangling a serpent with each hand. Schönert-Geiss, Augusta Traiana –; Varbanov –. Good Fine, dark brown patina, light roughness. Unpublished type?
Herculees was the son of Zeus and Alcmene. This union and the child it produced enraged Zeus' wife, Hera, who tried to kill Hercules. Shortly after his birth, she sent two serpents one night to strangle the infant as he lay sleeping in his crib. The following morning, the nurse discovered Hercules playing with their lifeless bodies: during the night he had strangled one in each hand.
Herculees was the son of Zeus and Alcmene. This union and the child it produced enraged Zeus' wife, Hera, who tried to kill Hercules. Shortly after his birth, she sent two serpents one night to strangle the infant as he lay sleeping in his crib. The following morning, the nurse discovered Hercules playing with their lifeless bodies: during the night he had strangled one in each hand.