40004834, Marlborough, 672, Herakles, wearing lionskin and holding his club, unveils bare-breasted Alcestis to Admetus, to whom he is restoring her. Admetus has a chlamys wrapped around his outstretched arm, taking Alcestis by the wrist. Ground line. Engraved by Marchant., Unknown, Boardman, J., Scarisbrick, D., Wagner C., Zwierlein-Diehl, E: The Marlborough Gems (2009), Story-Maskelyne, M.H.: The Marlborough Gems (1870), no. 672, Cornelian

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