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Hecte: Head of Omphale (obverse)

387–326 BCE
(Ionia)
electrum (gold-silver alloy)
Diameter: 0.9 cm (3/8 in.)
Weight: 2.592 g (0.09 oz.)
Gift of J. H. Wade 1916.973.a
Location: not on view
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The Lydian queen Omphale wears the lion skin of Herakles, whom she enslaved.
Hecte: Head of Omphale (obverse)

Hecte: Head of Omphale (obverse)

387–326 BCE

Greek, minted at Phokaia (Ionia)

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