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Denarius - 85 BC. - Mint of Rome
MN FONTEIVS C. f. - Gens Fonteia
Ob.: Laureate head of Apollo Vejovis right, M FONTEI CF behind, thunderbolt below, monogram below chin (ROMA or Argento Publico?)
Rev.: Infant Genius riding goat right, caps of the Dioscuri above, filleted thyrsos below.
Gs. 3,6 mm. 20
Cr353/1a, Sear RCV 271.

Maxentius

ApameiaAE 20, Syria, Apamea, 30/29 BC. Obv: Dionysus facing right, ME monogram behind. Rev: Thyrsos surrounded by ΑΠΑΜΕΩΝ THΣ EIPAΣ KAI AΣYΛOY, Seleukid era date ΓΠΣ (30/29 BC). aF. RPC I, 4347-4352, Hoover HGC 9, 1425 (S).Molinari

Thrace, Maroneia AE16mm (5.6g).Thrace, Maroneia AE16mm (5.6g).
Obverse: Head of Dionysos, wreathed in ivy
Reverse: Dionysos standing left holding bunch of grapes and thyrsos.2173

2 commentsAntonivs Protti

(0193) SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS193 - 211 AD
AE 26 mm 9.84 g
O: Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from rear
R: Dionysos standing front, head left, with raised left hand on ribboned thyrsos and
pouring from kantharos with right hand;
panther at lower left (?)
Moesia Inferior, Nikopolis ad Istrum

laney

(0193) SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS (Retrograde Reverse Legend)193-211 AD
AE 27 mm, 10.41 g
(struck under governor Aurelius Gallus)
O: [AV KL] CEP - CEVHRO[C P] Laureate draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind
R: VP AVR GALL - OV NIKOPOLIT / PROC I (retrograde, beginning at 5 o'clock, counterclockwise)
Dionysos, nude, wearing boots, standing left, resting with raised left hand on thyrsos, lowered right hand holding kantharos and pouring
wine
ref. a) not in AMNG
obv. AMNG I/1, 1304
rev. legend not in AMNG
AMNG I/1, 1306 (depiction)
b) not in Varbanov (engl.)
c) Hristova/Hoeft/Jekov (2015) No. 8.14.8.8
d) Blancon list 43, 2003
Nikocopolis ad Istrum; very rare
(one of the rare coins with retrograde legend)laney

001ap Marc Antony ( 83-30 B.C.), RPC I. 2202, AR-Cistophoric Tetradrachm, Ephesos (?), III•VIR• R•P•C•, Cista Mystica, Scarce! #1001ap Marc Antony ( 83-30 B.C.), RPC I. 2202, AR-Cistophoric Tetradrachm, Ephesos (?), III•VIR• R•P•C•, Cista Mystica, Scarce! #1
avers: •M•ANTONIVS•IMP•COS•DESIG•ITER ET TERT, Jugate heads of Marc Antony, wreathed with ivy and berries, and Octavia, bare-headed, right.
reverse: III•VIR• R•P•C•, Cista Mystica between two coiled serpents, Dionysos (Bacchus) standing left above, holding kantharos and thyrsos.
exergue: -/-//--, diameter: 27,0-29,5mm, weight:11,86g, axes:0h,
mint: City: Cistophoric Tetradrachm, Province: Asia, Region: Uncertain, Issue: Ephesos (?), date: 39 B.C.,
ref: RPC I. 2202 (4 Specimens), SNG Cop. 408, SNG von Aulock 6555, Franke KZR 472, RSC 3, Sydenham 1198, Sear 1513.
Q-0014 commentsquadrans

001o. OctaviaOctavia was the elder sister of Octavian and due to a political marriage, the fourth wife of Marc Antony. She married him in 40 BC. After his death, she raised not only her children by him, but also his children by Cleopatra VII. She was the great-grandmother of the Emperor Caligula and Empress Agrippina the Younger, maternal grandmother of the Emperor Claudius, and paternal great-grandmother and maternal great-great-grandmother of the Emperor Nero. She died in 11 BC.

Coin: Cistophorus. 39 BC. Obv: M ANTONINVS IMP COS DESIG ITER ET TERT, Jugate busts of Marc Antony, wreathed with ivy and berries, and Octavia, bare-headed. Rev: III VIR RPCII VIR R P C, cista mystica between two coiled serpents, Dionysos (Bacchus) standing left above, holding kantharos and thyrsos. SNG Cop. 408; SNG von Aulock 6555; Franke KZR 472; RSC 3; Sydenham 1198; RPC 2202.lawrence c

006a6. NeroAugusta, Cilicia. 24.2mm, 9.62 g. 8.00 gr. Dated 48 AD. Obv: NEΡΩN KAICAΡ, laureate head right. Rev: AYΓOYCTANΩN ETOYC HM draped bust of youthful Dionysus right, thyrsos over shoulder, kantharos in left field. Lindgren III 1461; SNG Levante 1243; BMC 5-6; RPC I 4012; SNG Righetti 1521; SNG France 2, 1895.lawrence c

027a06. CaracallaBI Tetradrachm. 26mm, 13.70 g. JUDAEA. Aelia Capitolina (Jerusalem).
Obv: AVT KAI ANTWNINOC CE, Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right. Rev: ΔHMAPX ЄΞ OYCIAC YΠA TO Δ. Eagle standing facing on thyrsos, wings open, head left; bunch of grapes between legs, vine below. Prieur 1623.lawrence c

031a03. Severus AlexanderÆ 31mm of Ninica Claudiopolis, Cilicia. AD 222-235. IMP CAЄS M AVR SЄV[…], laureate and cuirassed bust to right / COL IVL AVG FEL NINIC CLA[VΔI], Dionysos, holding kantharos and thyrsos, seated on biga drawn by panthers to left, being led by Silenus. RPC VI Online 6899 (temporary); SNG von Aulock 5770-1; SNG Levante 614 = SNG BnF 787. 12.80g, 31mm, 1h. Roma Numismatics Auc 102, Lot 748 (Nov 2022)lawrence c

035p Antoninus Pius (138-161 A.D.), Thrace, Philippopolis, SNG-Coop 771, AE-17, ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΟΝ, Dionysos satnding left,035p Antoninus Pius (138-161 A.D.), Thrace, Philippopolis, SNG-Coop 771, AE-17, ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΟΝ, Dionysos satnding left,
avers:- ΑΥΤ-ΑΔΡΙΑ-ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟC, Laureate head right.
revers:-ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΟΝ, Dionysos satnding left faceing with Jug and Thyrsos.
exe: -/-//--, diameter: 17-18 mm, weight: 4,06g, axis: 6 h,
mint: Thrace, Philippopolis, date: 138-161 A.D., ref: SNG-Coop 771,
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036a02. Gordian IIIAE 21.6mm, 8.18 g. Berytus, Phoenicia. Obv: IMP GORDIANVS AVG COS I, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right. Rev: COL IVL AVG FEL BER, Dionysos standing facing, head left, holding rhyton and thyrsos, panther at foot. BMC Phoenicia, p. 89, 245; Rouvier 604. A FORUM coin.lawrence c

050p Julia Domna (170-217 A.D.), Lydia, Hermocapelia, GRPC Lydia 57, AE-15, Dionysos standing left, #1050p Julia Domna (170-217 A.D.), Lydia, Hermocapelia, GRPC Lydia 57, AE-15, Dionysos standing left, #1
avers: IOVΛ(ΙΑ) CEBACTH, Draped bust right.
reverse: ΕΡΜΟΚΑΠHΛΕΙΤ, Dionysos, wearing short chiton and boots, standing left, holding kantharos and thyrsos.
exergue: -/-//--, diameter: 14,0-15,0mm, weight: 1,72g, axis: 7h,
mint: Lydia, Hermocapelia, date: 193-211 A.D.,
ref: GRPC Lydia 57, Plankenhorn (Naumann) 1020 (this coin),
Q-001

"Ex: Naumann Numismatik, Plankenhorn Coll. Sale, auction 92, lot 1020, April 2017. Unpublished."quadrans

056p Elagabalus (218-222 A.D.), Moesia, Nicopolis Ad Istrum, HHJ-08.26.08.05, AE-17, Dionysos left,056p Elagabalus (218-222 A.D.), Moesia, Nicopolis Ad Istrum, HHJ-08.26.08.05, AE-17, Dionysos left,
avers:- AV-K-M-AVP-ANTΩNINOC, Laureate, draped and couirassed bust right.
revers:- NIKOΠOΛITΩN-ΠPOC-ICTPON, Dionysos, nude, wearing boots, standing left, resting with left hand on thyrsos and holding in right hand bunch of grapes.
exe: -/-//--, diameter: 16,5m, weight: 3,13g, axis: 7h,
mint: Moesia, Nicopolis Ad Istrum, date: A.D., ref: Hristova/Hoeft/Jekov HHJ-08.26.08.05, p-392
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064 - Septimius Severus Ae As - RIC 764AObv:- SEVERVS PIVS AVG P M TR P XII, Laureate draped and cuirassed bust right
Rev:- To left, Bacchus standing right, holding cup and thyrsos, a panther at his feet; to right, Hercules standing left, holding club and lion's skin; on cippus between them, COS / III / LVD / SAEC / FEC , in exergue, S C.
Minted in Rome in A.D. 204 to celebrate the Seacular games with Septimus' hometown gods Liber and Hercules as patrons of his games.
Reference:- RIC IV, Part 1, No. 764A (Rated R2)

A rough example but a rare type.

Curtis Clay's die catalogue includes ten specimens of this coin, all from the same obverse die, nine of them from the same reverse die of this coin, one from a second reverse die.1 commentsmaridvnvm

064 - Septimius Severus denarius - RIC 032Obv:- L SEPT SEV PERT AVG IMP III, Laureate head right
Rev:- LIBERO PATRI, Bacchus (Liber) standing half-left, holding oenochoe and thyrsos; on left, panther standing left, head turned back to catch drips from jug
Minted in Rome. A.D. 194
Reference:- BMCRE 64. RIC 32 (Scarce). RSC 301 maridvnvm

19th Century framed uniface plaster cast Hemidrachm from NaxosObv:- Head of the river god Assinos to left
Rev:- Silenos, nude, seated on rocks, head to left, holding kantharos and thyrsos
Naxos, Sicily

Famed uniface plaster cast from 19th century.
Originally mounted on velvet and one would assume in a display case. Traces of velvet still attached to underside of frame. 1 commentsmaridvnvm

Achaea. Achaea, Patrae. AE18. Aristomenes magistrate.Obv: Cista within ivy wreath. PATR in ex.
Rev: Dionysos standing facing, holding torch in his right hand and thyrsos in his left; to left, Patrae monogram; to right, kerykeion.
AE18, late 1st century
Aristomenes magistrate. Cf HGC5 #68-71.
Hunter 2. Very rare. ancientone

Achaea. Arcadia, Phialea. Septimius Severus Æ22Obv: laureate head right.
Rev: ΦIAΛEΩN, Dionysos wearing short chiton, standing left, holding kantharos and thyrsos.
BCD 1644-1645; Pausanias 3.ancientone

Alexander II Zebina - AE double unitAntioch
129-128 BC
diademed head right
young Dionysos holding kantharos and thyrsos standing left
BAΣIΛEΩΣ / AΛEΞANΔPOY
ΔΠP / (?Π?)
SC II 2229; BMC 12. CSE 299
7,18g 19mm

ex Dionysos numismatikJ. B.

Amisos SNG BM 1200Obv: head of Dionysos right (with features of Mithradates VI), wearing ivy-wreath
Rev: AMIΣOY, cista mystica, on which rests panther skin and thyrsos, no monograms
Mint: Amisos (Samsun, Turkey) mint, c. 85 - 65 B.C.
Size: 8.097 g, 19.8 mm, die axis 0o
Ids: SNG BM 1200; BMC Pontus, p. 17, 52; Rec Gen p. 65, 24; SGCV II 3640; HGC 7 243ickster

Amisos SNG BM 1209Obv: head of Dionysos right, wearing ivy wreath
Rev: reverse AMIΣOY, cista mystica, on which rests panther skin and thyrsos, monograms left and upper right
Mint: Amisos (Samsun, Turkey) mint, c. 100 - 80 B.C.
Size: 7.596 g, 20.7 mm, die axis 45o,
Ids: SNG BM 1209; SNG Stancomb 699; SNGvA 60; BMC Pontus, p. 18, 56; Rec Gen p. 65, 24; SGCV II 3640; HGC 7 243ickster

Amisos, Pontos AE 20 SNG BM1202, Cista MysticaOBV: Head of youthful Dionysos right, wreathed with ivy
REV: AMISOU, Cista mystica with panther skin, diadem and thyrsos. Monogram to left
8.8g, 21mm

Minted at Amisos, 85-65 BC5 commentsLegatus

AMISOS, PONTOS Æ17 SNG BM 1192-1195, ThyrsosOBVERSE: Head of Dionysos with ivy-wreath right
REVERSE: AM-ISOS, Thyrsos
4.0g, 17mm

Struck at Amisos 85-65 BC Legatus

Anonymous, Tripolis, Lydia, Assarion, TPIΠOΛεITΩNAE Assarion
Greek Imperial: Tripolis, Lydia
Anonymous
Issued: 3rd Century AD
22.00mm 5.91gr 6h
O: NO LEGEND; Turreted, draped bust of Tyche, right.
R: TPIΠOΛεI-TΩN; Dionysus standing left, holding kantharos over panther and thyrsos.
Tripolis, Lydia Mint
GRPC Lydia 79; Prowe III, 1587.
Art & Coins Auction 8, Lot 337.
10/18/22 1/18/23Nicholas Z

Antiochus IX Kyzikenos - AE quadruple unitTarsos
114-112 BC
diademed head right
Dionysos standing left, leaning on thyrsos and holding kantharos
BAΣIΛEΩΣ / ANTIOXOY / ΦIΛO_ΠATOPOΣ
E / (NK)
SC II 2352a; Cf. SNG Spaer 2725; Houghton 498
8,84g 21,5mmJ. B.

Antoninus Pius, AE17AVT AI ADRIA ANTWNEINOC
Bust laureate, draped, right
FILIPPO-POLEITWN
Dionysos standing facing, head left, holding thyrsos and kantharos
BMC 9 var., SNG Cop 771 var.
Varbanov (Eng.) III, 7602 commentswhitetd49

Antoninus Pius, Dionysus, AE19, Philippopolis, Thracia, Varbanov III 755 variation, RareAntoninus Pius
Augustus, 138 - 161 A.D.

Coin: AE19

Obverse: AVT AIÎ›I AÎ”PI - ANTÎ©NEINOC, laureate bust facing right.
Reverse: Î¦IÎ›IÎ Î OÎ O-Î›OITÎ©N, Dionysus, standing half-left, holding a Kantharos with his right hand and a Thyrsos with his left.

Weight: 3.50 g, Diameter: 19 x 19.3 x 1.5 mm, Die axis: 0°, Mint: Philippopolis, Thracia, struck between 154-155 A.D. Reference: Varbanov III 755 variation (AIÎ›I in obverse legend), Unpublished

Rated RareConstantine IV

ApameaAE 20, 7.47g, Syria, Apamea, 29/8 BC. Obv: Dionysus facing right, ME monogram behind. Rev: Thyrsos surrounded by APAMEWN/THS IEPAS KAI ASYLOY, Seleukid era date Delta Pi Sigma (29/8 BC) to left. Light green patina with beautiful reddish earthen highlights, aXF. RPC I, 4347-4352, Hoover HGC 9, 1425 (S).Molinari

Apamea (Syria) - AE30-29 BC
head of Dionysos right wearing ivy-wreath
thyrsos
AΠAMEΩN / THΣ IEPAΣ // ΓΠΣ / KAI AΣYΛOY
M_H

RPC I, 4347
8,6g 21mm
ex NaumannJ. B.

Apollo (head of)Thrace, Moesia Inferior, Kallatis. AE-20/23 mm, 4.61 grs. AV: Head of Dionysos with Ivy to right, in a dotted border. Round CM: Head of Apollo to right. RV: Monogram, Laurel wreath around, above KALLA, right in field: Thyrsos. Collection: Mueller.Automan

Apollo (head of?)Thrace, Moesia Inferior, Kallatis. AE-21 mm, 9.69 grs. AV: Head of Dionysos with Ivy to right, in a dotted border. Round CM: Head of Apollo(?) to right. RV: EI, Laurel wreath around, above KALLA, right in field: Thyrsos. Collection: Mueller.Automan

Appia - AEM. Aur(elius) Anteros, son of Zotik(os), the Younger (first archon)
244-249 AD
veiled and draped bust of Boule right
ΒΟV_ΛΗ
Dionysos standing half left, holding kantharos and thyrsos
ΕΠ ΑΝΤΕΡ ΑΡ_Χ ΑΠΠΙΑΝ(ΩΝ)
RPC VIII, — (unassigned; ID 20638); vA, Phrygien I, 175–81; Martin, Demos, p. 159–60, Appia 2
5,8g 19mm
ex BucephalusJ. B.

Asia Minor, Lydia, Nysa, Hades and Kore / DionysosLydia, Nysa
133BC -0 AD
Obv.: Laureate head of Hades and wreathed head of Kore right
Rev.: ΝΥΣΑΕΩΝ ΦIΛOKRATHΣ, young Dionysos in short chiton standing left, holding thyrsos in left hand, kantharos in right hand
AE, 15 mm, 3.64 g
Ref.: IMHOOF LS page 107 #6
shanxi

Asia Minor, Mysia, Pergamon, cista mystica, serpents Mysia, Pergamon
Cistophoric Tetradrachm, c. 85-76 BC
Obv.: Serpent emerging from cista mystica with raised lid, all within ivy wreath with fruits.
Rev.: Bow case between two coiled serpents; to left, monogram of Pergamon; above, AΠ, monogram and star; to right, thyrsos.
Ag, 28.46mm, 12g
Ref.: SNG Paris 1726. SNG von Aulock 1369
2 commentsshanxi

Asia Minor, Mysia, Pergamon, cista mystica, serpents, ΔI, thyrsos Mysia, Pergamon
Cistophoric Tetradrachm
Obv.: Serpent emerging from cista mystica with raised lid, all within ivy wreath with fruits.
Rev.: Two snakes coiled around a bow case; between the snake heads, ΔI; to left, monogram of ΠΕΡΓ; to right, thyrsos entwined by a serpent.
Ag, 28mm, 12.54g, 1h
Ref.: Kleiner 12, SNG Paris 1734.
Ex Leu Numismatik, Webauktion 8, Lot 317shanxi

Asia Minor, Mysia, Pergamon, Philetairos, Athena, thyrsos, Δ Mysia, Pergamon
AE14, 282 - 133 BC
Obv.: head of Athena right in crested helmet
Rev.: filleted thyrsos, "Δ" monogram on left below fillet, ΦIΛETAIΡ[OΥ] downward on right
AE, 3.93g, 14.0mm
Ref.: shanxi

Asia Minor, Mysia, Pergamon, Philetairos, Athena, thyrsos, Δ AM monogramsMysia, Pergamon
AE14, 282 - 133 BC
Obv.: head of Athena right in crested helmet
Rev.: filleted thyrsos, "Δ" monogram on left above fillet, "AM" monogram on left below fillet, ΦIΛETAIΡ[OΥ] downward on right
AE, 3.61g, 14.0mm
Ref.: BMC Mysia p. 121, 70 var. (monogram)
Ex FORVM Ancient Coins Shopshanxi

Athens New Style Tetradrachm 144/3 BCObs : Athena Parthenos right in tri-form helmet
16.75gm 34mm Thompson issue 21
Thompson catalogue : Obs : GAZIANTEP 185 : Rev NEW
Rev : ΑΘΕ ethnic
Owl standing on overturned panathenaic amphora on
which month mark Ε control ΤΙ below
2 complex magistrates monograms
RF symbol : Filleted Thyrsos
All within a surrounding olive wreathcicerokid

Augusta Traiana Caracalla Sicinnius Clarus Caracalla

Q. Sicinnius Clarus Po[ntianus?] 202AD

AE29 15.00g

Ob: AVT K M AVPHÎ›IOC / ANTÎ©NINOC
Laureate draped and cuirassed bust right

Rx: HÎ“ C[IKIN KÎ›APOV AV] | Î“O[VCTHC TPAIA]
Ex: NHC
Dionysos standing left holding thyrsos and kantharos, panther at feet

Schönert-Geiss Die Münzpragung von Augusta Traiana und Traianopolis p.87 #221 1 example Sophia 5932(rx 193 depicted Tafel 21); Mionnet S. 2 –; BMC-; Varbanov (E) II p.104,1238 (not depicted); SNG Cop. -; Hunter -; Pozzi-; Lindgren Europe-; Lindgren III -
rennrad12020

Baris - AEc. 100-260 AD
turreted and draped bust of Tyche right
Dionysos standing half left, holding grapes and thyrsos
ΒΑΡΗΝΩΝ
SNG France 1387; Aulock Pisidien, 207
2,35g 15mm
ex BigaJ. B.

BCC GR3 Seleucid Kingdom Alexander II ZabinasSeleucid Kingdom
Alexander II Zabinas 128-123BCE
OBV: Diademed head of Alexander right.
Rev: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ
Dionysus standing left, holding
kantharos and thyrsos.
In field, date: ΔΠΡ (183 =129/8 BCE)
19.5mm. 6.07gm. Axis: 0
Antioch ad Orontes, mint
Possible ref: SC 2229.1-3
Surface find, Caesarea Maritima, 1971v-drome

BHM 1061. The Elgin Marbles, East Frieze IV 24-27.Obv. THE ELGIN MARBLES DEDICATED BY PERMISSION TO HIS MAJESTY GEORGE IV The Royal Coat of Arms with supporters.
Rev. CASTOR POLLUX CERES AND TRIPTOLEMUS THOMASON DIREXIT Hermes, Dionysos(?), Demeter and Ares seated.

AE48

The British Museum writes about the fragment depicted:
24-25. Hermes, a messenger god, sits looking in the direction of the procession. He wears sandals and a traveller's hat (petasos) rests on his knee. The figure who leans on his shoulder is probably Dionysos, god of wine. His left arm was supported by a staff (thyrsos).
26. Demeter, goddess of growing corn, was shown resting her chin (now missing) upon her hand. In Greek art this was a conventional gesture of mourning. Her grief is for her daughter Persephone, who was abducted by the god of the Underworld. In her left hand Demeter holds a torch, the symbol of the Eleusinian Mysteries, of which she was the patron.
27. Ares, god of war, sits with one knee cradled in his hands, while his left foot rests on the haft of a spear. Part of the weapon is just visible below the ankle bone. The rest of it must have been painted on the stone.
LordBest

Bithynia, Nicaea. Geta, AE17. Infant DionysosObv: Π CEΠTI ΓETAC K, bare head r.
Rev: NIKAIEΩN, Infant Dionysos in liknon cradle r., raising hands; thyrsos behind.

The liknon was a braided grain basket used in ancient times by farmers to separate grain from chaff and also served as a cradle for newborn.ancientone

Bithynia, Nikaia, Geta, Münzzentrum Rheinland 2011 no.273Geta as Caesar, AD 198-209
AE 14, 1.39g, 14.14mm, 180°
obv. GETAC - KAICAR
Bare head r.
rev. NIK - [AIEWN]
Young Dionysos on panther riding r., holding thyrsos and kantharos
ref.: not in Rec.Gen.; not in BMC, SNG Copenhagen, SNG von Aulock
1 ex. in Münzzentrum Rheinland Lagerliste August 2011, no. 273; 1 ex. coll. Arminius
very rare, FJochen

Bithynia, Nikaia, Roman ProvincialC. Papirius Carbo (Procurator) 62-59 BC
AE Dichalkon. Dated BE 222 (59 BC), 21 mm, 5.25 grams, 0°

O: NIKAIEΩN / BKΣ, Head of Dionysos right, wearing ivy wreath; monogram to right.

R: EΠI ΓAIOY ΠAΠIPIOY KAPBΩN, Filleted thyrsos

Ref: SNG Cop 467; HGC 7 592; SG 3792

Ex-Jean Elsen Lot (part of), July 2022Virgil H

Bithynia, Nikaia, Severus Alexander, Rec.Gen. 600 (rev. only), unpublishedSeverus Alexander, AD 222-235
AE 22, 6.87g
struck AD 222 (as Caesar)
obv. M AVR ALEZANDROC KAIC
Bust, draped and cuirassed, bare-headed, r.
rev. NIKAIE - WN
Nymph Nikaia, in long dress ans wearing mural crown, stg. l., holding patera(?) in l. hand and resting with r. hand on a thyrsos with a gnarled staff
ref.: Rec.Gen. 600, pl.82, 27 (rev. only), apparently unpublished
Very rare, F+
Thanks to archivum and Curtis Clay for their help to attribute this coin.

There is another type of Nikaia for Marcus Aurelius showing the nymph Nikaia empting a kantharos and with a tree behind entwined by a snake, Rec.Gen. 178, pl. 71.10.
Jochen

Bithynia, Nikaia, Severus Alexander, SNG von Aulock 606Severus Alexander 222-235
AE 25, 9.18g
obv. M AVR CEVH - ALEZANDROC
Bust, draped and cuirassed, laureate, r.
rev. NI - [K] - AIEΩ - N
Dionysos, draped, with ivy wreath, holding thyrsos, sitting r., head turned l. to a female figure (probably Nikaia), stg. frontal, head with chignon r., holding wreath in r. hand.
SNG von Aulock 606 (C. Rhodes)
very rare, about VF

For more information look at the thread 'Coins of mythological interest'.Jochen

Bithynia, Tion, Trajan, Rec.Gen.II, 28 varTrajan, AD 98-117
AE 27, 11.47g, 26.8mm, 210°
obv. AVT NER TRAIANOC - KAICAR CEB GER
Bust, laureate, r.
rev. DIONYCOC - K - T - ICT TIANWN
Dionysos, wearing himation and wreathed, stg. frontal, head l., holding in l. hand filleted
thyrsos decorated with pine-cones on both ends and in lowered r. hand
kantharos; on his l. side a panther std. l., looking up to him.
Rec. Gen. II, p.620, 28 var., pl. CVII, 2 (has DINYCOC!)
F+/about VF, nice green patina2 commentsJochen

bmc406Elagabalus
Tyre, Phoenicia

Obv: IMP CAES M AV ANTONINVS AVG, Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus to right, seen from behind. .
Rev: TVRIORVM, Dionysos standing front, head to left, holding kantharos in his right hand and thyrsos in his left; at feet to left, panther; to left, trophy between two captives; to upper left, star; to lower right, murex shell.
27 mm, 13.23 gms

BMC 406Charles M

Boeotian HemidrachmA Boeotian hemidrachm minted in Boeotia between 379-371 AD. 2.69 g

Obverse: Boeotian shield

Reverse: Kantharos; Thyrsos above, ivy leaf at r

Attribution: SNG Copenhagen 175chuy1530

Caracalla - Amblada198-211 AD
laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right from behind
M AV ANTƱ__NEINOC
Dionysos standing half left, holding cantharos and thyrsos; panther to the left, head right; Pan standing to the right, holding pedum
AMBΛAΔEƱ_N ΛAKEΔAI
von Aulock Pisidiens, 134-5; SNG von Aulock -; SNG Pfälzer V, 6.
5,9g 23mm
ex BucephalusJ. B.

Caracalla as co-emperor (r. 198-217; elevated Caesar in 196; joint emperor with his father Septimius Severus from 198; with his brother Geta from 209) - AE 20 - Pautalia (Thrace)Obv: AVTOK ANTWNIN - Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Caracalla right, seen from behind
Rev: OYΛΠIAC ΠAYTAΛIAC - Dionysos with thyrsos pouring wine from kantharos

Mint of Pautalia in Thrace, struck between 198-202 AD
References: apparently unlisted with this obverse legend; the reverse is listed cf. Ruzicka 720 and cf. Varbanov (engl.) 5058 with different obv. legend: AVTOKRAT - ANTWNINOC
Weight: 4.49 g
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(I would like to thank Jochen for helping me to attribute correctly this coin)krazy

Caracalla Koinon-Makedonia. R4MAKEDONIA KOINON
26 mm, Caracalla, 197 - 217. Bronze.
Ob. AY K M AYΡ ANTΩNEINOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right
Rv. KOINON MAKEΔONΩN, Dionysos standing left,bunch of grap, holding thyrsos
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Roman Provincial
Makedonien. Koinon. Caracalla (197 - 217 n. Chr.).
Bronze.
Vs: Büste mit Lorbeerkranz, Paludament und Panzer rechts.
Rs: Nackter Zeus mit Blitzbündel, Szepter und Chlamys über dem Arm nach links stehend, zu seinen Füßen Adler.
26 mm. 14,33 g.
BMC 157; AMNG III S. 87, 295.
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MAKEDONIEN KOINON 26 mm Caracalla, 197 - 217. Bronze.
Drap., gep. Büste mit L. n. r. Rv. KOINON MAK - îDONwN Zeus im Himation frontal stehend, Kopf n. l., Szepter in der Linken haltend, Blitz in der ausgestreckten Rechten; zu seinen Füssen Adler n. l., Kopf n. r. 11,61 g. AMNG III, 1, 87, 295. BMC 29, 157. Selten.Antonivs Protti

caracallathraceaugustatrajana002Caracalla
Augusta Trajana, Thrace

Obv: AVT M AVPH ANTΩNINOC, laureate and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind; cuirass decorated with gorgoneion.
Rev: AYΓOYCTHC TPAIANHC, Dionysos standing front, head to left, holding kantharos in his right hand and thyrsos in his left; at feet to left, panther seated left.
30 mm, 17.39 grams

Varbanov 1119

Purchased from Leu Numismatik Web Auction 11, lot 1254Charles M

Caria, Trapezopolis, Pseudo-autonomous Æ22. AD 130-276.Obv: ΔHMOC TΡAΠEZOΠOΛITΩN, laureate and draped bust of Demos right.
Rev: ΔΙΑ Μ ΚΑΡ ΚΛΑΥΔΙΑΝΟΥ, Dionysos, naked, standing left, holding kantharos and thyrsos, panther at foot left.
Magistrate Marcus Ulpius Carminius Claudianus
BMC 1; Kurth Demos 838; Kurth Dionysos 270; RPC IV.2, 2739 ancientone

Cilicia, Aphrodite Enthroned & Standing Dionysos Stater of Nagidos.Asia Minor. Cilicia. 374-356 BC. AR Stater (10.70 gm, 23.8mm, 6h) of Nagidos. Aphrodite enthroned left, draped and wearing stephane, feet on stool, holding phiale over wreathed altar; Eros stdg behind, holding palm branch. / Bearded Dionysos standing left, wearing himation, holding bunch of grapes and thyrsos; NAΓIΔEΩ-N. EF. Lederer Nagidos Group VI #25 (same dies); SNG ANS 178-179; SNG France 2 #21 = Babelon Traite II/2 #1517; Casabonne Type 4; BMC 12 (same). SNG Cop - ; SNG Levante - ; cf. Triton XXIV #22 (same) CNG EA480 #261 (same).Anaximander

Cilicia, Hierapolis-Kastabala. Pseudo-autonomous AE29.Obv: IEPOΠOΛITΩN KACTABAΛEΩN, Bust of Dionysos right, wearing ivy wreath and holding thyrsos over shoulder; in right field, bunch of grapes.
Rev: AYT K Λ CEΠ CEYHPOC ΠEP CE, Emperor in military dress standing left, holding sceptre and Nike on globe.
Time of Septimius Severus.
AE29, 11.9g.ancientone

Cilicia, Hieropolis-Kastabala, Septimius Severus, SNG Levante 1589Septimius Severus, AD 193-211
AE 30, 15.97g
obv. AVT KAI L C - EP CEVHROC PER CE
Emperor in military cloak and wearing parazonium(?), stg. l., resting with l. hand on
spear and holding in outstretched r. hand Nike on globe, holding wreath and
palm-branch
rev. IE - ROPOLI - TWN KACTABALEW - N
Bust of young Dionysos, wearing ivy wreath and clad in panther skin, r.,
thyrsos over l. shoulder and vine-grape before.
SNG Levante 1589; SNG Paris 2339
about VF, corrosion in upper field of obv.

It's interesting that here the portrait is not the emperor's. Therefore I think it's on the rev.!
Jochen

Cilicia, Irenopolis. Valerian AE28Obv: AYT K Π ΛI OYAΛEΡINOC CE EY, radiate, cuirassed bust right.
Rev: EIΡHNOΠOΛITΩN H CΓ (CΓ retrograde), Dionysos, holding kantharos and thyrsos, standing in a facing biga of panthers.
RPC X, — (unassigned; ID 60329)ancientone

Cilicia, Seleukeia ad Calycadnum, Caracalla, SNG Levante 744Caracalla AD 198-217
AE 21, 3.62g
obv. [AV] KM AV - ANTWNIN
Youthfull bust, draped and cuirassed, laureate, r.
rev. CELEYKE - [WN] - KALYKA / DNW
Dionysos, nude, stg. l., holding thyrsos and sacrificing from kantharos over burning altar stg. l.; on the l. side Demeter, in long chiton, stg. r., holding long sceptre in l. hand and two corn-ears in outstretched r. hand.
SNG Levante 744 (same obv. die); Lindgren/Kovacs (same dies); SNG PfPS (same dies) (Thanks to Curtis Clay for the obv. legend)
rare, about VF
1 commentsJochen

Cilicia, Soloi. AE20.Soli-Pompeiopolis, AE 20, 6.41g. ca 2nd-1st C. BC.
Obv: Helmeted head of Athena right.
Rev: SOLEWN, Bearded Dionysos, with bull’s horns, standing facing, holding kantharos and thyrsos, monograms to left. ancientone

Cilicia, Tarsus. Herennia Etruscilla, AE29Obv: EΡEΝΝΙΑΝ ΑΙΤΡΟΥCΚEΙΛΛΑΝ CE Diademed and draped bust of Herennia Etruscilla to right, resting on a crescent.
Rev: ΤΑΡCΟΥ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛEΩC, Α / Μ / Κ - Γ / Β Dionysos standing left, holding kantharos in right hand and thyrsos in left; at feet to left, panther.
RPC IX 1371.ancientone

Cilicia. Nagidos AR StaterCirca 400-385/4 BC. (24mm, 10.76 g, 11h). Casabonne Type 6; Lederer 23; SNG France 25 (same dies); SNG Levante –. Obverse: Aphrodite seated left, holding phiale, left arm around the shoulders of Eros, who stands left behind her, with his arms extended. Reverse: Dionysos standing left, holding grape bunches on vine and thyrsos; Î in exergue. Superb EF, lightly toned, a touch of die wear on obverse.

Ex CNG Inventory 93935 (c. Jan 1990-Jan 1993)
Ex CNG Electronic Auction 347, Lot 252

The prominence of Aphrodite on coins of Nagidos indicates that an important sanctuary must have existed in that ancient colony of Samos. It must be noted that there were two forms of Aphrodite in the ancient Greek pantheon (or at least in literature). The first was Aphrodite Ourania signifying the “heavenly” or “spiritual” as opposed to the more “earthly” aspect of her, better known as Aphrodite Pandemos “for all the people.” On the coins of Nagidos, she is paired with her son Eros, the god of earthly passion. The representation of the two deities together on the coins of Nagidos denotes that, even in ancient times, the Greeks already categorized the earthly, physical and carnal type of love (represented by Eros) to that of the celestial love of body and soul (Aphrodite Ourania). The subordination of Eros in the iconography of the coin, represented as a juvenile winged figure, under the guidance and protection of the goddess, tells us the superiority of the spiritual aspect of love over the physical representations of it.
1 commentsJason T

Cilicia_Tarsos_Gordianus_III_SNG vA 6036Gordianus III.
AE, Cilicia, Tarsos
Struck: 238-244 / 32 mm / 14,07 g

Av: AYT KAI M ANT ΓOPΔIANOC CEB
Laureate, cuirassed and draped bust right seen from behind

In fields: Π / Π

Rv: TAPCOY M-HTPOΠΟΛΕΩ
Dionysos standing facing, head left, holding thyrsos and kantharos, panther at feet left

In left field: A / K
In right field: M / B / Γ

Reference: SNG vA 6036Andicz

Cilicia_Tarsos_Otacilia_Severa_SNG France SNG vA 6064Otacilia Severa
AE, Cilicia, Tarsos
Struck: 244-249 / 30-31 mm / 14,73 g

Av: ΩTAKIΛ CEVHPAN EVT EV CEB
Draped and diademed bust right seen from the front

Rv: TAPCOV MHTPOΠOΛEΩC
Dionysos standing left, holding kantharos and thyrsos, panther at her feet

In left field: Α / Μ / Κ
In right field: Γ / B

Reference: SNG vA 6064Andicz

Cistophorus, Pergamon26mm, 12.37g
obv: snake emerging from cista mystica with serpent emerging, ivy-wreath around
rev: two snakes around bow case, city monogram to left, PE and prytaneis monogram above, snake entwined thyrsos to right
SNG BN Paris 1750. Kleiner, LCP 81, 47

ex Roland Müller collection, ex Rutten & Wieland2 commentsareich

Cistophorus, Pergamon, , Silver, SNG von Aulock:7472 92-88 BCBasket (cista mystica) from which snake coils, around, ivy wreath with fruits
Two snakes coiled around a bow case, between the snake heads, ΑΠ ΠΡΥ as monogram in wreath, to left, monogram of ΠΕΡΓ, to right, thyrsos entwined by a serpent
CHARACTERISTICS
COMPOSITION Silver
MINT NAME Pergamon
DENOMINATION Cistophorus
YEAR 92-88 BC
SNG VON AULOCK 7472Mark R1

Colchis, DioscuriasColchis, Dioscurias
Late 2nd century BC
Obv.: Caps of the Dioscuri surmounted by two stars
Rev.: ΔIOΣKOYPIΔOΣ around Thyrsos
AE, 1.45g, 13.6mm
Ref.: SNG Stancomb 638, SNG BM 1021, SNG Cop. 102 shanxi

Dionysopolis Phrygia TiberiusLeaded bronze, 18 mm, Dionysopolis, Phrygia,

CEBACTOC / DIONYCOPOLITWN XARIZENOC XAR TOY XAR,

Dionysos standing left holding grapes and thyrsos.

RPC I 3120
1 commentsTanit

DionysosPontos, Amisos. temp. Mithradates VI, c. 105-85 or 85-65 BC. Æ (16mm, 3.98g, 12h). Struck under Mithradates VI.
Obverse..Ivy wreathed head of Dionysos right.
Reverse..Filleted thyrsos, bell attached with fillet, AMI-Î£OY flanking across field, monogram lower right.
Mint..Amisos (Samsun, Turkey)
SNG Black Sea 1192-5; HGC 7, 251. Good VFPaul R3

Dioskourias - AEtimes of Mithradates VI Eupator
105-90 BC
caps of the Dioskouroi (pilei) surmounted by stars
thyrsos
ΔI_OΣ / KOV_PIA / Δ_OΣ
SNG BM 1021
4,4g 15mm
ex SolidusJ. B.

Eagle (to front)CILICIA. Diocaesarea. Geta. Æ 28. A.D. 198-209 (struck as Caesar). Obv: (Î CEÎ )Î“ETAC-KA(ICAP). Draped and cuirassed bust right; Countermark before. Rev: (A)Î”PÎ”I(OKAICAPE)Î©N. Naked figure of Dionysus standing left, holding kantharos and thyrsos. Ref: BMC -; Sear 2881; SNG Aul 5545; SNG France (2) 873. Axis: 30°. Weight: 13.64 g. CM: Eagle to front, head left, in oval punch, 5 x 7.5 mm. Howgego 337 (43 pcs). Note: Howgego notes that H337 was applied together with H469. Indeed, all those that bear H469 also bear H337. However, Howgego lists three specimens of H337 that lack H469, as does this specimen.Automan

EB0210.3 Dionysos / Cista MysticaAmisos, PONTOS, AE21, 88-65 BC.
Obverse: Head of Mithradates VI as Dionysos right wreathed with ivy.
Reverse: AMIΣOY below Cista Mystica covered with a panther's skin, thyrsos and bell behind. HTΡK monogram in upper left field.
References: BMC 51; Malloy 26c; RecGen 24.6; BMC Black Sea 1205-1206.
Diameter: 21mm, Weight: 8.006g.EB

EB0210.5 Dionysos / Cista MysticaAmisos, PONTOS, AE22, 85-65 BC. Mithridatic War issue.
Obverse: Head of Dionysos right wreathed with ivy.
Reverse: AMIΣOY below Cista Mystica covered with a panther's skin, thyrsos and bell behind. HΡ monogram in upper left field.
References: SNG BM Black Sea 1202-4.
Diameter: 22mm, Weight: 8.483g.
Note: Unusual cloven dots in "connect the dots" legend.EB

Egypt, Alexandria, Trajan, Geissen 636Trajan, AD 98-117
AE - drachm, 33.58mm, 21.83g
Alexandria, AD 113/114 (year 17?)
obv. [AVT TRAIAN CEB GERM]
bust, draped and wreathed with corn-ears(?), r.
rev. Dionysos in long garment and holding thyrsos in r. hand, std. l. in biga with two panthers l; the panther in front with raised l. foot and looking r.
in field LIZ(?) (year 17)
rwef. Geissen 636
F/F+, worn obv. but rev. with nice coloured patina

The correct attribution depends on the date in the field of the rev. which can't be identified for sure.
1 commentsJochen

EIPH (monogram of)CILICIA. Irenopolis. Valerian. Æ 28 (8 Assaria). A.D. 253-256. Obv: AVTKÎ Î›I-(OVAÎ›EPIANOCCEB) or sim. Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right. Rev: I-PH(NOÎ O-Î›ITWNÎ”C) or sim., H in field. Dionysus, holding thyrsos and kantharos, standing behind two panthers. Ref: SNG Aul 5597. Axis: 210°. Weight: 25.56 g. Note: This specimen is remarkably thick and heavy. The average for 87 specimens of this denomination noted by Ziegler (1993) is only 17.6 g. CM: Monogram of EIPH (?), in circular punch, 6 mm. Howgego 616 (7 pcs). Note: Likely applied after the city ceased issuing its own coins. Collection Automan.Automan

FonteiaMn Fonteius Cf Denarius. 85 BC. Laureate head of Apollo Vejovis right, M FONTEI CF behind, thunderbolt below, ROMA monogram below chin / infant Genius riding goat right, caps of the Dioscuri above, filleted thyrsos below. Cr353/1a, Syd 724.

2 comments

Gallienus - Nicaea253-268 AD
radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right
ΠOVΛI EΓ ΓAΛΛIHNOC
Dionysos seated left on quadriga of elephants, pouring cantharus, holding thyrsos
NIKAI_EΩN
Cf. RG 836; cf. SNG von Aulock 724-5; cf. BMC 154.
7,2g 22mm
ex DemosJ. B.

Geta - Timbriada 198-209 AD
laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right from behind
Α Κ Π CE__ΓEΤΑC
Dionysos standing half left, holding kantharos and thyrsos; panther standing left, head right
ΤΙΜΒΡΙΑΔEΩΝ
SNG BN 2229; von Aulock, Pisidiens, 2174; SNG von Aulock 8641
6,3g 20mm
ex Naumann
ex Dr. F. Jarman CollectionJ. B.

Gordian III - Alia238-244 AD
laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right
ΑΥΤ Κ Μ Α_ΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟ / Ϲ
Dionysos standing half left, holding kantharos and thyrsos; at his feet, panther left, head turned right
ΑΛΙΗ_ΝΩΝ
RPC VII.1, 696; vA Phrygien I, 127–55
5,7g 26mm
ex BucephalusJ. B.

Gordian III, AE31mm, 12,5gr. Tarsos, Cilicia. AYT K ANT ΓOΡΔIANOC CEBAC, laureate, draped, cuirassed bust right / TAΡCOY MHTΡOΠOΛEΩ around A M-K B-Γ across fields, Dionysos, loins draped, standing left, holding kantharos and thyrsos, panther at foot left.
SNG von Aulock 6036; SNG Tahberer 1591 (this coin).Antonivs Protti

Greece-Macedonia-ThessalonikaMacedonia Thessalonica 88 B.C

Obverse: Laureate head of Janus

Reverse: QESSALONIKES,two centaurs prancing, back to back each holding a thyrsos.Macedonian Warrior

GREEK, Cilicia, Nagidos AR Stater(400-385 BC)
Obv.: Aphrodite seated, holding phiale over altar, Eros standing behind, crowning her with wreath.
Rev.: Dionysos holding grape bunch on vine and thyrsos, A in wreath to left.
Casabonne type 4, Lederer 26.7 commentsMinos

GREEK, Mysia, Pergamon, Cistophoric TetradrachmGreece, Mysia, Pergamon, Cistophoric Tetradrachm, 12.57g, 28mm, 166-67 BC, issued 76 BC

Obv: Cista Mystica containing serpent escaping, all within an ivy wreath.

Rev: Bow case between 2 serpents. Pergamon monogram at left. Snake entwined Asklepian staff at right. "AP" above.

Near the West coast of present day Turkey, Pergamon, in the province of Mysia, was an insignificant city under the Persian empire. After Alexander the Great died, his bodyguard "Lysimachus" was given Thrace and north western Asia. After the battle of Ipsus "Lysimachus" secured Alexander's treasury worth over 25,000 talents. Pergamon was located in a natural fortress and "Lysimachus" strengthened the city and deposited his Asian treasure (9000 talents) in the city along with a military guard under his loyal follower "Philetaerus". "Lysimachus" died in 281 BC and Pergamon officially fell under Seulcid control. "Philetaerus" played the part of a faithful governor, but all the time he used the money to strengthen the city's defenses and founded the Attalid dynasty of the kingdom of "Pergamon". The kingdom successfully withstood attempts by Seulicid rulers to regain control. In 190 BC, Pergamon assisted the Romans to defeat Antiochus III of Syria. At this time, Rome had no territorial desires in Asia and they gave all the territories to Pergamon. Pergamon prospered and soon ranked as one of the major Greek cultural centers. Pergamon's library ranked second only to the library of Alexandria. But, to Rome's surprize the Pergamon King Attalus III (138 - 133 BC) gave the kingdom to Rome upon his death in 133 BC. During the confusion a certain "Aristonicus" seized the throne and changed his name to "Eumenes III". This forced the Romans to intervene and they seized the kingdom and made it the capital of the Roman province of Asia.

Pergamon first issued this coin under Eumenes II, who likely required a new currency after the treaty with Apameia in 188 BC expanded his economic and political territory. The new coinage is the first time a king’s portrait and name are omitted from Hellenistic currency. The cistophori (basket bearers) were the chief currency in Asia Minor for about 300 years. Originally introduced by king Eumenes II of Pergamon around 166 BCE, the obverse of these coins shows a cista mystica, i.e., a woven basket containing the sacred objects of a mystery cult. In the case of the cistophori, the basket contains snakes associated with the worship of Dionysus (Bacchus), the Greek god of wine and ecstasy. In the Dionysian mysteries a serpent, representing the god, was carried in a box called a cista on a bed of vine leaves. This may be the Cista mentioned by Clement of Alexandria which was exhibited as containing the phallus of Dionysus. The depiction on this famous type is what gives the coin its name - the Cistophorus. It was one of the most widely minted coin types in the ancient world. It seems that the Asian Greek states in what is now Turkey minted this coin in unison from around 150 BC. Some scholars believe this was undertaken for the common good, so traders could be confident in a coin of uniform weight and value, representing the collective wealth of Asian Greekdom.

The ivy wreath and the thyrsos staff on the reverse are also references to this god whom the Attalid kings of Pergamon claimed as their ancestor. The bow case (gorytos) on the reverse points to Herakles, the father of Telephos, the legendary founder and first king of Pergamon. Taken together, the obverse and reverse scenes appear to capture allegorical acts one and two of the Dionysian Cista fertility mythology in progress.

When the last Attalid king, Attalos III, died in 133 BCE, he left his entire kingdom to the Roman people. At the same time, his last will declared Pergamon and the other important cities of his realm "free cities", which meant that they did not have to pay tribute to Rome. Not surprisingly, Pergamon and the other cities continued to mint cistophori in grateful tribute to their former ruler. The city of Pergamum continued issue of cistophoric tetradrachm for eight decades after the city was willed to Rome in 133 BC.

1 cistophor equaled 3 Attic drachms, the currency of Athens, which had become the world's key currency during the campaigns of Alexander the Great. Later, 1 cistophor was equivalent to 3 Roman denarii. Because they were so easy to convert into the key currencies, 16 Anatolian towns soon minted cistophors, forming a kind of monetary union. When Pergamum became Roman about 133 BC, the Romans continued to mint cistophors.

Under the Attalids, Pergamon was not only the capital of an empire that soon stretched over most of Asia Minor, but also the seat of the second most famous library of the ancient world with more than 200,000 book rolls. When the kings of Egypt, the Ptolemies, whose capital, Alexandria, boasted the only comparable library, cut off Pergamene access to papyrus, the most important writing material, the Pergamenes invented pergamentum, i.e., parchment or vellum made from animal skins.

Today, the city is called Bergama and belongs to Turkey.
mitresh

GREEK, Perinthos, Thrace, AE 20Ae20, 8 gm, 23.4 mm, 350-300 BC, Moushmov 4382
Obv: Anepigraphic with bust of Dionysos right, wreathed in ivy with Thyrsos staff before.
Rev: ΠΕΡΙ ΝΘΙΩΝ
Hera standing, facing, with a half bushel on her head and both arms extended. Inscription to right and left.
Comment: A Thyrsos is a staff capped with a pine cone and entwined with ivy. It was symbolic of the cult of Dionysos.

GREEK, Pontos, Amisos AE21, ca.120-63BC.ASIA MINOR
Pontos, Amisos, AE21, c.120-63BC, c21mm, c8.2g

Obv: Hd. of young Dionysos r., wreathed with ivy.
Rev: Cista mystica, against which rests thyrsos, monogram left, ΑΜΙΣΟΥ below6 comments

Halykiai - AE Hexas or dionkionc. 390-370 AD
boar left
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Dionysos or Stesichoros right holding thyrsos
CNS -; HGC 2, 492/494 (Himeraia?)
2,2g 17mm
ex BertolamiJ. B.

hhj8.26.08.01varElagabalus
Nicopolis

Obv: AVTK M. AVP ANTΩNEINOC, laureate draped cuirassed bust right, seen from front.
Rev:VΠA NOB POVΦOV NIKOΠOΛITΩN ΠPOC ICTPON, Dionysos standing left, naked except for boots, pouring wine from kantheros and holding thyrsos. .
26 mm, 15.43 gms

Hristova-Hoeft-Jekov 8.26.8.1 variant (different obverse and reverse legends)Charles M

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