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Hecte: Head of Omphale (obverse)
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Hecte: Head of Omphale (obverse)

387–326 BCE · electrum (gold-silver alloy)

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The Lydian queen Omphale wears the lion skin of Herakles, whom she enslaved.

Cleveland Museum of Art’s own description
Credit lineHecte: Head of Omphale (obverse), 387–326 BCE. 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
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