Description: Thrace, Perinthos, 1st - 2nd century AD. Head of Herakles left, club over shoulder / ΠEPIN-ΘIΩN; Zeus seated left, holding patera and sceptre, eagle at feet.

Diameter: AE25 mm

Weight: 9,7 g

Grade: VF/aVF

Attribution: Weber 2589; BMC Thrace pg. 148, 9

Commentary: scarce; green patina with bronze partially exposed, some light contrasting deposits, well centered, good details

History: The depiction of Herakles, is a remainder of city's earlier name Herakleia and the cult of the hero; in 145 AD immigrants from Perinthos erected votive inscription to Herakles Agoraios in the city of Kabyle (modern Bulgaria), what clearly shows their reverence for the hero.

Article Number: 022-07-05-41652