Description: Lydia, Maeonia, early 1st century AD. Demetrios, magistrate. MAIONΩN; bearded and bare head of Herakles left / ЄΠI ΔHMHTΡIOV; Omphale advancing right, wearing lion skin and holding club over shoulder.

Diameter: AE19 mm

Weight: 5,68 g

Grade: gF/aVF

Attribution: SNG Cop. 215

Commentary: brown, green and bronze patina, some roughness

History: Omphale was the queen of Lydia and according to various survuving bits of Greek mythology Herakles was her slave for one year with different role-changing going on - i.e. Omphale wearing Herakles' club and lion skin and Herakles doing some women's work.

Article Number: 053-03-04-44408