Hercules Magusanus is a Romano-Germanic deity or hero worshipped during the early first millennium AD in the Lower Rhine region among the Batavi, Marsaci, Ubii, Cugerni, Baetasii, and probably among t
Altar stone for Hercules Magusanus from Bonn, dated 226 AD.
Marcus Cassianius Latinius Postumus was a Roman commander of Batavian origin, who ruled as emperor of the splinter state of the Roman Empire known to modern historians as the Gallic Empire. The Roman
Hercules Magusanus
…known which is devoted to Hercules Magusanus, shows the name in reverse order: [M]agusa [n]o Herculi. Additionally, two Roman coins of the Roman Emperor Postumus minted in Cologne in 261 AD, as well as four arm rings from Tongeren, Neuss, Bonn and Cologne also bear his name. In 2022 a new site was discovered in…
Antoninianus of Postumus: IMP. C. POSTVMVS P. F. AVG
Milestone of Postumus c.261-269 found in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain. It bears the inscription: [I]MP(ERATORI) CAE[S(ARI)] [M]ARCO CA[SSIJANO] LAT[IN]IO POSTUMO AUG(USTO).
An antoninianus of Postumus. Legend: IMP. C. POSTVMVS P. F. AVG.
Antoninianus struck under Aureolus; Mediolanum (Milan) mint, AD 268. Left: Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust Right: Hercules standing right, holding lion skin and club resting on rock