Mises Daily
Author:
Christopher P. Casey
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“To the August Roman Hercules” To promote his own divinity, the Roman emperor Commodus issued coins with his image in the lion-skin headdress of Hercules on one side, and the bow, club, and quiver of Hercules on the reverse. So that the message would not be lost on anyone, an inscription on the reverse dedicated the coin “to the August Roman