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| Classical Numismatic Group > Mail Bid Sale 57 | Auction date: 4 April 2001 |
| Lot number: 812 | |
| Lot description: Estimate $500 LYDIA, Thyatira. Commodus. 180-192 AD. Æ 41mm Medallion (43.30 gm). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind; c/m's: laureate bust right (Caracalla?) within incuse oval, before and below bust of Commodus / Hephaistos seated right, holding tongs in left hand, hammer in right, hammering the brim of an Athenian helmet set on a short column; on the right stands Athena, holding a shield and spear in her left hand resting on the ground, right hand on column. BMC Lydia pg. 306, 82; SNG von Aulock -; SNG Copenhagen -; c/m's: both Howgego 93. Fine, brown patina, porous. ($500) Hephaistos was the son of Zeus and Hera. As the artisan for the gods he made many things. Among these was the rattle Herakles used to scare off the Stymphalian birds, Talos, the bronze man who guarded the island of Crete, and the aegis of Zeus. On this coin he is making armor, most likely to replace that which Achilles lost after loaning it to Patroklos. Patroklos was killed at Troy by Hector, who took Achilles’ armor as a prize. The countermarks on this coin may be connected with the visit of Caracalla to Thyatira in 214. |  |
