Description: Thessaly, Homolion, ca 360 BC. Bearded head of the hero Philoctetes right, wearing pileus / Coiled serpent.

Diameter: AE17 mm

Weight: 4,92 g

Grade: gF/gF

Attribution: SNG Cop 71; Laffaille 326; Pozzi 2740

Commentary: rare; dark green patina, good detail

History: Philoctetes was a Greek hero, fighting in the Trojan War, and was also considered one of the lovers of the Herakles and the man who lit Herakles' funeral pyre.

Article Number: 025-02-01-41652