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15 November 2015
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Omphale - mythical queen of Lydia

Starting Price: 350 CHF
Hammer Price:  460 CHF
Lot 215

IONIA, Phokaia. Circa 387-326 BC. Hekte (Electrum, 10mm, 2.55 g). Head of Queen Omphale left, wearing Herakles’ lion skin headdress and ear pendant, club over shoulder; beneath, seal. Rev. Quadripartite incuse square. Bodenstedt Em. 107. SNG Copenhagen 1029. Nearly extremely fine.


Omphale, a mythical queen of Lydia, received Herakles to do her bidding for a year in punishment for his murder of Iphytus. He even had to help her with her spinning, and she, as we see here, wore his lion’s skin and wielded his club.

Online bidding closes: 15 Nov 2015, 19:47:30 CET Current Date & Time: 25 Apr 2024, 13:58:01 CEST Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:460 CHF by felix (5 bids)
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