Lydia, Saitta; bust of Demos/Herakles
Description:
Lydia, Saitta, 116 - 217 AD. ΔHMOC; youthful, laureate bust of Demos right / CΑΙΤΤΗΝΩΝ; Herakles, naked, facing, head left, leaning with right hand on club and carrying lion's skin over left arm.
Diameter:
AE19 mm
Weight:
4,66 g
Grade:
aVF/gF
Attribution:
BMC 11; Lindgren & Kovacs 788
Commentary:
dark olive patina with some light deposits, well centered, clear ethnic
History:
Demos as a beardless young man imitated the Roman prototype, as a bearded old man the Attic one.
Article Number:
020-06-03-41652