The Herakleia head is the portrait of a probable Achaemenid Satrap of Asia Minor of the late 6th century, found in Heraclea, in Bithynia, modern Turkey.

[1] The man is the service of the Achaemenid Empire is bearded and mustachioed, but probably a Greek from Asia Minor rather than a Persian.

[2] The Herakliea head is considered as an early attempt towards portraiture with a realistic likeliness.

[2] These nearly life-like portraits allow to define a date for early portraiture which is much earlier than had been previously thought.

In particular, the banned Athenian general Themistocles, who became Achaemenid Satrap in Magnesia, is seen wearing a tight bonnet with Olive wreath on some of his coins (circa 465-459 BCE).