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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Geographic - All Periods| > |Thrace & Moesia| > |Philippopolis| > RP69760
Septimius Severus, 9 April 193 - 4 February 211 A.D., Philippopolis, Thrace
|Philippopolis|, |Septimius| |Severus,| |9| |April| |193| |-| |4| |February| |211| |A.D.,| |Philippopolis,| |Thrace|, Wandering the world in a panther-drawn chariot, Dionysos rode ahead of the maenads and satyrs, who sang loudly and danced, flushed with wine. They were profusely garlanded with ivy and held the thyrsus, a staff topped with a pinecone, a symbol of the immortality of his believers. Everywhere he went he taught men how to cultivate vines and the mysteries of his cult. Whoever stood in his way and refused to revere him was punished with madness.
RP69760. Bronze assarion, Varbanov III 1374, Moushmov 5259, Mionnet Supp. II 1543, Bernhart 97, SNG Cop -, BMC Thrace -, F, rough corrosion, Philippopolis (Plovdiv, Bulgaria) mint, weight 3.964g, maximum diameter 17.8mm, die axis 0o, 9 Apr 193 - 4 Feb 211 A.D.; obverse AY KA C - CEVHPOC (or similar), laureate head right; reverse ΦIΛIΠΠ-O-ΠOΛITΩN, Dionysos standing left, nude, pouring wine from kantharos in right hand for panther at feet on left, filleted thyrsos vertical behind in left hand; rare; SOLD











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