Hecte: Head of Omphale (obverse)
387–326 BC
Maker Unknown
Greek and Roman Art
Hecte: Head of Omphale (obverse), 387–326 BC. Greek, minted at Phokaia (Ionia). Electrum (gold-silver alloy); diameter: 0.9 cm (3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of J. H. Wade 1916.973.a The Lydian queen Omphale wears the lion skin of Herakles, whom she enslaved.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Coins
- Formatted Medium
- electrum (gold-silver alloy)
- Medium
- electrum, gold-silver, alloy
- Dimensions
- Diameter: 0.9 cm (3/8 in.)
- Departments
- Greek and Roman Art
- Accession Number
- 1916.973.a
- Credit Line
- Gift of J. H. Wade
- Exhibitions
- Stories From Storage
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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