Nikomedeia (AD 244-249) AE 28 - Philip I

Philip I, 244-249 AD. AE28 (11.90g). M IOVΛIOC. ΦIΛIΠΠOC AVΓ, draped, cuirassed and radiate bust right / NIKOMHΔEΩN - ΔIC NEΩKOP, nude statue of Herakles standing facing on a small girlanded cippus, head right, holding lionskin in left arm and resting with right hand on his club. Rare. F+/about VF, green patina. Hoeft coll.

The special feature of this rev. depiction is that Herakles is shown standing as a real statue on a base. You can see that the club has the function to stabilize the statue.