Black and white image of a muscular man wrestling a lion. The man is bare-chested and barefoot, with short hair. He has one arm around the lion's neck and is strangling it. The lion has its mouth open and its tail curved around. The man and lion are positioned in front of a large cylindrical object with '1548 HS' on the front. The man and lion are on the right side of a stone archway. In the background, there are buildings and a tower on the left, trees on the right. There is a strip of text at the top. The image is detailed and engraved. The scene depicts Hercules strangling the Nemean Lion.
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