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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 3938188, member: 57495&quot;]It really does looks like the aftermath of some legendary keg party. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> From the 5th century BC onwards, Herakles was a popular character in satyr plays and other works of art which would bring out somewhat less heroic aspects of his character for comedic effect. He would often be depicted in a state of inebriation, getting himself into all manner of misadventure. I suspect this coin&#039;s reverse may have been copied from a painting or statuary in Alexandria Troas that celebrated a scene from a play by Sositheus.&nbsp; Sositheus was one of the most famous poets and dramatists of his time, who also happened to be a master of the sort of satyrical drama that would have featured a scene such as this. He worked at the court of Ptolemy II of Egypt, but was a native of Alexandria Troas.&nbsp; Caveat: this is all pure speculation on my part. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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