It was discovered in 1737 during excavations at Hadrian's Villa led by Cardinal Giuseppe Alessandro Furietti, who thought it was the mosaic that Pliny had described, although other scholars think it is a copy of the original that was made for Hadrian.
SOSUS | Pergamon Museum | Teuthras finds Auge on the Beach; from the ''Telephos frieze'' of the Pergamon Altar |