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Coin of Thyateira under Commodus
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Obv: Bust of Commodus r., laureate, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
Rev.: Hephaistos and Athena. Hephaistos, wearing exomis, seated r. on wreathed cippus, holding, with forceps in l. hand, a crested helmet on the top of a column, and tapping it with hammer held in his r. Before him stands Athena l., helmeted and wearing long chiton and peplos; she places her right hand on the top of the column, as if to receive the helmet from Hephaistos, and rests with l. on shield.
Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics
Lord Northwick collection.
Frank L. Kovacs.
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Gift of Jonathan H. Kagan
Title: Coin of Thyateira under Commodus
Description:
Obv: Bust of Commodus r.
, laureate, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
Rev.
: Hephaistos and Athena.
Hephaistos, wearing exomis, seated r.
on wreathed cippus, holding, with forceps in l.
hand, a crested helmet on the top of a column, and tapping it with hammer held in his r.
Before him stands Athena l.
, helmeted and wearing long chiton and peplos; she places her right hand on the top of the column, as if to receive the helmet from Hephaistos, and rests with l.
on shield.
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