Lydia, Sardes. 133 BC-14 AD. Æ (15mm, 4.81g). Head of youthful Herakles right, wearing lion's skin headdress. / ΣΑΡΔΙ / ΑΝΩΝ. Kantharos; Θ to left, in lower right field, monogram. Johnston 228-30 var. (monograms); BMC 45-6 var. (same). *The types on this coin refer to the myth of Omphale, the queen of Lydia, who owned Herakles as a slave for three years. The great hero was forced to endure this servitude to expiate his blood guilt for murdering Iphitos in a drunken rage.