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  [Image]                              Item Sold At Auction #22
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                Lot Number: 61563
                Estimate: $200.00
                Final Sale Price: $231.00
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                Denomination: 46mm
                Grade: Fair brown
                Reference: SNG Copenhagen -; SNG von Aulock -; BMC Lydia pg. 306, 82




  Lydia, Thyatira. Commodus. 180-192 AD. Æ 46mm (42.65 gm). Laureate, draped bust right
  / 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 left stands Athena, holding
  a shield and spear in her left hand resting on the ground, right hand on column. SNG
  Copenhagen -; SNG von Aulock -; BMC Lydia pg. 306, 82. Fair, brown patina, roughness,
  a couple uncertain Provincial countermarks. Rare. Estimate $200.



  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 Hektor, who took Achilles’
  armor as a prize.


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