Description: Lydia, Thyateira, 2nd century AD. Bare-headed, bearded bust of Herakles facing right, cloak knotted at neck / ΘYATEIPHNΩN; eagle with spread wings standing facing, looking left.

Diameter: AE14 mm

Weight: 1,82 g

Grade: aVF/aVF

Attribution: SNG von Aulock 3208 (eagle looking right)

Commentary: some light deposits, well centered

History: After the defeat od Seleukos III in the Battle of Magnesia (190 BC) and the following peace of Apameia (188 BC) the city was included in the kingdom of Pergamon.

Article Number: 011-02-02-41652