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.
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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 [mm]: | AE14 |
| Weight [g]: | 1,82 |
| Grade: | aVF/aVF |
| Attribution: | SNG von Aulock 3208 (eagle looking right) |
| Commentary: | some light deposits, well centered |
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.