Description: Phrygia, Abbaitis, 2nd - 1st century BC. Head of Herakles right wearing lion skin / ABBA-ΜΥΣΩΝ; lion skin draped over club; monogram to right, all within wreath.

Diameter: AE18 mm

Weight: 4,86 g

Grade: gF/gF

Attribution: SNG Cop 5; BMC 8

Commentary: rare; bronze patina with some contrasting deposits, good portrait, reverse slightly off-center

History: Abbaetae-Mysi were Mysian people living in a district of western Phrygia called Abbaitis; their mint was in Ankyra.

Article Number: 020-02-06-41652