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Macedonia, Thessalonica, AE20. Head of young Dionysos right, wreathed in ivy / goat or stag standing rightLee S
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60Pseudo-Autonomous
Rhodes
AE 35mm (drachm)
c.31BC - 60AD
Obverse: Head of Dionysus right, radiate and with ivy leaf wreath
Reverse: Nike, right, with palm and aphlastron, on prow
Magistrate: Hypsikles
RPC I 2761
As this coin is listed in RPC I there is enough justification, for me at least, to include it in my "Diverse Roman" gallery.mauseus
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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
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SOLD Thasos Dionysus Imitative Tetradrachm after 148 BC SOLDSOLD Obverse - Dionysus with flowers in his hair and head band.
32.15mm 16.67gm
Reverse- Herekles naked with chlamys cloak & club
M in left field
HPAKΛEOYΣ ΣΩTHPOΣ ΘAΣIΩN,
SOLD
cicerokid
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Δ in circular punchBITHYNIA. Tium. Civic. Æ 24. First half of 3rd century A.D. Obv: .TE-IOC. Diademed and draped bust of Teos right; countermark on neck. Rev: TIAN-ΩN. Dionysus standing facing, head left, emptying contents of cantharus, holding thyrsus. Ref: BMC -; SNG von Aulock 928ff (obverse).Axis: 30°. Weight: 5.72 g. CM: Δ in circular punch, 6 mm. Howgego 789 (34 pcs). Note: The latest coin bearing this countermark was issued for Hostilian. Collection Automan.Automan
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(0198) GETA (as Caesar)198-209 AD.
Æ 26 mm; 10.79 g
Aurelius Gallus, consular legate.
O: Bare-headed and draped bust right
R: Dionysus standing left, holding cantharus and filleted thyrsus.
Markianopolis; cf Mouchmov 514; Varbanov 1090 var. (rev. legend).laney
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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
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027p Traianus (98-117 A.D.), Thrace, Perinthos, Moushmov 4438, AE-20, ΠEPINΘIΩN•, Dionysus standing left, #1027p Traianus (98-117 A.D.), Thrace, Perinthos, Moushmov 4438, AE-20, ΠEPINΘIΩN•, Dionysus standing left, #1
avers: AVTOKP N TPAIAOC CEB•Γ•Γ•Δ•, Laureate head right, slight drapery on the left shoulder.
reverse: ΠEPIN ΘIΩN•, Dionysus standing left, holding cantharus (or grapes) over lighted altar (or panther), and thyrsus, star on the left field.
exergue: */-//--, diameter: 20-21 mm, weight: 3,94g, axis: 7h,
mint: Thrace, Perinthos, date: A.D.,
ref: Moushmov 4438, SNG Cop 736, Mionnet II 1191,
Q-001quadrans
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0740 THRACE, Mesambria Hadrian DionysusReference.
RPC III, 740/4; Karayotov 11a, Varbanov 4147
Obv. ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΤΡΑ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ ΔΙϹ ϹΕΒ
Laureate bust of Hadrian, r., with paludamentum
Rev. ΜΕϹΑΜΒΡΙΑΝΩΝ
Daped and diademed bust of Dionysus, r.; in front, thyrsus
8.11 gr
24 mm
6hokidoki
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1450A Hadrian, Cistophorus Uncertain mint in Asia Minor 130 AD Dionysus/Bacchus standingReference.
RPC III, 1450A; Metcalf 99 var. (drapery); RIC II 485 VAR.
Obv. HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS P P
Bare bust right, drapery on left shoulder
Rev. COS III
Dionysus draped standing front head l. emptying oinochoe over panther on l. and holding thyrsus in r.; panther looks left
8.41 gr
28 mm
6hokidoki
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1450A Hadrian, Cistophorus Uncertain mint in Asia Minor 130 AD Dionysus/Bacchus standingReference.
RPC III, 1450A; Metcalf 99 var. (drapery); RIC II 485 var.
Obv. HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS P P
Bare bust right, drapery on left shoulder
Rev. COS III
Dionysus draped standing front head l. emptying oinochoe over panther on l. and holding thyrsus in r.; panther looks left
10.51 gr
29 mm
7hokidoki
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1450B Hadrian, Cistophorus Uncertain mint in Asia Minor 130 AD Dionysus standingReference.
RPC III, 1450B; Metcalf 99 var.; RIC II 485 var.
HADRIANVS-AVGVSTVS P P,
Laureate, draped bust right
Rev. COS-III
Bacchus standing facing, head left, emptying oenochoe in right hand over panther seated left at feet to left, scepter in left hand.
10.30 gr
29 mm
7h
Note.
Host coin countermarked by Vespasian.okidoki
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1484D Hadrian, Cistophorus Uncertain mint in Asia Minor 130 AD Dionysus standingReference.
RPC III, 1484D.; RIC 485; Metcalf 99 var. (no omphalus)
Obv. HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS P P
Bare head right
Rev. COS III
Dionysus draped standing front head l. emptying oinochoe over panther on l. and holding thyrsus in r.; panther looks left, serpent entwined around omphalus behind
10.68 gr
27 mm
6hokidoki
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1840 LYDIA, Apollonis. Hadrian, Dionysus standingReference.
RPC III 1840/9; SNG Leypold 888.
Obv: ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟС ΚΑΙСΑΡ.
Laureate bust right, with slight drapery.
Rev: ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΙΔΕΩΝ.
Dionysus standing left, holding thyrsus and pouring cantharus.
4.05 gr
19 mm
6hokidoki
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1956 LYDIA, Hyrcanis Hadrian 124-25 AD Dionysus standingReference.
RPC III 1956/2; Stumpf —; Weiser p. 283 corr. And p. 290, Abb. 3
Magistrate M. Peducaeus Priscinus (procos)
Obv. ΑΥ ΚΑΙ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟС
Laureate, draped bust right, with paludamentum, seen from front
Rev. YΡΚΑΝΩΝ ΑΝΘ ΠΡΙСΚΙNΩ
Dionysus standing l., himation over lower limbs and l. shoulder, holding cantharus in r. hand, l. resting on thyrsus
5.11 gr
18 mm
6hokidoki
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2126 IONIA, Magnesia ad Maeandrum Hadrian, Dionysus standingReference.
RPC III, 2126/6; Schultz Magnesia 96; SNG Copenhagen 864; Prowe III 957
Obv. ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΤΡΑΙ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟС СΕ
Laureate head of Hadrian, right
Rev. ΜΑΓΝΗΤΩΝ
Dionysus standing l., holding cantharus in r. hand, l. resting on thyrsus; at his feet, l., panther
4.84 gr
19 mm
12hokidoki
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2544 LYDIA, Saitta Sabina, Dionysos standingReference.
RPC III 2544/9; Wa 5172; Paris 1060; BMC -; SNG Cop. -; SNG v. Aulock 8246
Obv. ϹΑΒΕΙΝΑ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΗ
Draped bust of Sabina, right
Rev. ϹΑΙΤΤΗΝΩΝ
Dionysus standing l., holding cantharus in his r. hand, l. resting on thyrsus; at his feet, panther
4.10 gr
18 mm
6h
Note.
ex Slg. Rolf Jovy, erworben 1968 von Münzen & Medaillenokidoki
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2787A PISIDIA, Claudioseleucia Hadrian Dionysus standingReference. Extremely rare.
RPC III, 2787A; Cf. SNG Copenhagen 209; cf. Waddington 5043.
http://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/2787A/
Obv: ΚΑΙCΑΡ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟC.
Laureate bust right.
Rev: ΚΛΑΥΔΙΟСΕΛΕΥΚΕΩΝ
Dionysus standing left, holding filleted thyrsus and pouring cantharus.
Note Gitbud & Naumann.
Though the reverse legend does not seem to match the Copenhagen and Waddington specimens (Aνθυ Κυιητ Υρκανων---a reading which is already questionable), the similarity in obverse legend and overall style makes an attribution to this city likely.
3.70 gr
16 mmokidoki
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A. Plautius denarius 55 BCEA. Plautius.
AED • CVR • S • C downwards to left, A • PLAVTIVS downward to right
Turreted head of Cybele right, wearing cruciform earring, hair in knot, locks falling down neck;
IVDAEVS upward to right, BACCHIVS in exergue.
Bearded male figure (Aristobulus II) kneels right with palm branch in left hand, alongside camel
Rome, 55 BCE.
3.75g
Hendin 6470
Ex-Taters
The very first Judaea Capta type commemorating the defeat of Aristobulus II in trying to usurp the High Priesthood and Kingship from his brother Hyrcanus II.
From Hendin's Guide to Biblical Coins volume 6:
"Bacchus the Jew has been an enigma in numismatics. The most popular opinion is that the figure on the coin represents Aristobulus II, ally of Aretas III, and commemorates Aristobulus' unsuccessful insurrection against both his brother Hyrcanus II and Pompey the Great.
"I suggest that BACCHIVS IVDAEVS is not only half-playful, but tauntingly mean and mischievous as well. There are numerous suggestions that many Romans and Greeks believed the ancient Jewish religion to be a cult of Dionysus, the popular god of grapes and winemaking, feasting, drunken behavior, and ecstasy. Josephus does not discuss any aspects of Bacchus and the Jews, but he mentions that Herod I presented a golden vine to the Temple. It was used to hang donatives of golden grapes and vine leaves and the vine was said to be part of the booty taken to Rome by Titus. Among the important prayers in Judaism, both ancient and modern, are those prayers that call upon the monotheistic God to bless "the fruit of the vine."
Grapes were also one of the seven species listed in Deuteronomy 8:8 as special products of the ancient Land of Israel. The relationship the Greeks and Romans fantasized to exist between the Jews and Dionysus may also be related to the traditional mythology that Dionysus was the son of Semele, "who was the daughter of Cadmus, who, being a Phoenician, was a Semite who spoke a language closely akin to Hebrew." (GBC p. 367)"Jay GT4
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Achaea. Arcadia, Thelpusa. Septimius Severus AE17. UnpublishedPeloponnesus. Thelpusa, Arcadia. Septimius Severus bust rt., Θ Ε Λ in wreath. Obverse die and reverse type not listed in BCD. BCD Pelop. I -; BCD Pelop II -; SNG Cop -; BMC -.
Thelpusa or Thelpousa (Greek: Θέλπουσα, also known as Telphusa/Τέλφουσα or Thelphusa/Θέλφουσα) was an ancient city-state in Azania in Arcadia.
The city was built on the left bank of the Ladon and bounded with Kleitor and Psophis. The name comes from the nymph Thelpousa or Thelpusa, daughter of Ladon. The city contained the temple of Eleusinian Demeter, and nearby, a stone statue of the goddess of the daughter and Dionysus and Ongius, chief of Thelpousa and the son of Apollo, Asclepius' children with the memory of Trygon and the temple of the twelve gods. When Pausanias] visited the city, Thelpousa was abandoned and ruined for many years. In 352 BC, its city residents took part with the Lacedaemonians. It was a member of the Achaean League and was cut off from the rights of law. Thelpusa was the patriot of Asclepius and Artion.ancientone
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Achaea. Zacynthus, Island off Elis. Marcus Aurelius AE20. Pan with infant DionysusZacynthus; Achaea; Peleponnessus (District: Zacynthus). Date 161–180. Obverse design laureate head of Marcus Aurelius, r. Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝ ΑΥ
Reverse design Pan standing, r., nebris over shoulders, holding bunch of grapes and infant Dionysus
Reverse inscription ΖΑΚΥΝΘΙΩΝ
RPC IV.1, 4626
ancientone
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AE Drachm of Syracuse Time of Dionysus I, ca 400 BCObverse: Head of Athena facing left wearing a Corinthian helmet with an olive wreath on the bowl, inscription S Y R A
Reverse: 8-pointed Seastar between two dolphins
Calciati 62 (ref. Wildwinds) 28 mm. 34 grams
The coin has some damaged spots but overall shows the Greek love of beautiful forms. My Christmas present to myself this year.daverino
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Alexander I 150 - 145 B.C.Alexander I Balas. 152 - 145 B.C. Ae 14.9~15.5mm. 2.87g. Antioch on the Orontes. Obv: Ivy wreathed head of Dionysus r., dotted border. Rev: [BAΣIΛEΩΣ] AΛEΞANΔΡOΥ, elephant l. Primary control (to r.): A over B. SC 1791ddwau
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Alexander II Zabinas Alexander I Zabinas 128-123 BC. Ae19mm 6.439g
Apamea on the Orontes mint
Obv: Dionysus (god of wine, winemaking, vine and grape-harvest amongst other things)
Rev: ΒΑΣΙΛΣΩΣ ΑΛΣΞΑΝ∆ΟΥ. Winged Tycheleft, kalathos on head, standing left, tiller in right, cornucopia in left. Monogram over symbol outer left.
Ref. Sear 7133, Houghton and Lorber 2242.
(Ex. Lee Stevenson)Samuel G
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Alexander II Zabinas, AE 19 Serrate, BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥAE19 Serrate
Alexander II Zabinas
128 - 122BC
19.5mm 7.10gr 0h
O: NO LEGEND; Head of young Dionysus, right, wreathed in ivy.
R: BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ; Tyche, winged, standing left, wearing kalathos, holding rudder and cornucopia.
Apameia ad Axos Mint?
SC 2242; Hoover 1166.
Harlan Berk
Chicago Coin Expo 4/6/17 4/17/17Nicholas Z
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Alexander II Zebina, Seleucia 128-123 B.C. AE20mm.Alexander II Zebina, Seleucia 128-123 B.C.
Obverse: Alexander facing right, dotted border.
Reverse: Young Dionysus standing with spear , ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΠΡ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ ΣLee S
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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
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Antininus Pius PhilippopolisObverse inscriptionΑV Τ ΑΙ ΑΔΡΙ(Α) ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝ(ΟϹ) laureate head of Antoninus Pius,
Reverse:ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΠΟΛΕΙΤ(ΩΝ) nude Dionysus standing, l., holding cantharus (over panther) and long filleted thyrsus.
diameter18mm
Reference: Mouchmov, Philip. 66–70 and 75, BMC 9Canaan
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Antiochos XII 87-84 BCAntiochus XII 87–86/5 BC, Damascus mint Ae 22mm, Weight 7.1g. Obv: Beardless diademed bust of Antiochus XII right. Rev: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ ΦΙΛΟΠΑΤΟΡΟΣ ΚΑΛΛΙΝΙΚΟΥ – Tyche standing left with palm branch in right hand and cornucopia in left, dotted border. Reference: SC 2, 2476; SNG Israel I, Nos. 2900–2902. SPAER 2897
Antiochus XII Dionysus (Epiphanes/Philopator/Callinicus), a ruler of the Greek Seleucid kingdom who reigned 87–84 BC, was the fifth son of Antiochus VIII Grypus and Tryphaena to take up the diadem. He succeeded his brother Demetrius III Eucaerus as separatist ruler of the southern parts of the last remaining Seleucid realms, basically Damascus and its surroundings.
Antiochus initially gained support from Ptolemaic forces and was the last Seleucid ruler of any military reputation, even if it was on a local scale. He made several raids into the territories of the Jewish Hasmonean kings, and tried to check the rise of the Nabataean Arabs. A battle against the latter turned out to be initially successful, until the young king was caught in a melee and killed by an Arab soldier. Upon his death the Syrian army fled and mostly perished in the desert. Soon after, the Nabateans conquered Damascus.
Antiochus' titles - apart from Dionysos - mean respectively (God) Manifest, Father-loving and Beautiful Victor. The last Seleucid kings often used several epithets on their coins.ddwau
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Antiochus VI Dionysus - AE serrate double unitAntioch
mid 143-142 BC
radiate head right, wearing ivy-wreath
elephant left, torch in trunk, star right
BAΣIΛEΩΣ / ANTIOXOY // EΠIΦANOYΣ / ∆IONYΣOY
ΣTA
SC II 2006c, SNG Spaer 1774, Houghton CSE 249
8,5g 20mm
ex NaumannJ. B.
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Antiochus VI Dionysus 144 - c.142 B.C.Antiochus VI Dionysus 144 - c.142 B.C. Ae 14.8 ~ 15.7mm. 3.48g. Ake (Ptolemais) mint. Obv: Radiate and diademed head of Antiochus VI r., one diadem tie falling forward over shoulder, dotted border. Rev: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ / ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ ∆ΙΟΝΥΣΟΥ , horse standing l., foreleg raised. Control r. (A above B) SC 2025; CSE 252-253; SNG Spaer 1789-1794.ddwau
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Antiochus VI Dionysus, 144 - c. 142 B.C. - AmphoraAntiochos VI, AE20. Apameia mint. 145- c.142 BC. Radiate head of Antiochos right / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ / ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ ∆ΙΟΝΥΣΟΥ to left and right of amphora or
kantharos, palm branch to right. SC 2015; Hoover SC 1044; BMC 29; Houghton 244-245
ddwau
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Antiochus VI Dionysus, 144 - c. 142 B.C. - AmphoraAntiochos VI, AE20. 7.07g. Apameia mint. 145- c.142 BC. Radiate head of Antiochos right / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ / ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ ∆ΙΟΝΥΣΟΥ to left and right of amphora or kantharos, palm branch to right. SC 2015; Hoover SC 1044; BMC 29; Houghton 244-245ddwau
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Antiochus VI Dionysus, 144 - c. 142 B.C. - AmphoraAntiochos VI, 145- c.142 BC. AE20.5. 7.29g. Apameia mint. Obv: Radiate head of Antiochos right. Rev: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ / ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ ∆ΙΟΝΥΣΟΥ to left and right of amphora or kantharos, palm branch to right. SC 2015; Hoover SC 1044; BMC 29; Houghton 244-245ddwau
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Antiochus VI Dionysus, 144 - c. 142 BC. AE 18.Antiochus VI Dionysus, 144 - c. 142 BC
Obv. Radiate head of Antiochos VI right.
Rev. ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ, ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ ∆ΙΟΝΥΣΟΥ , Panther walking left, forepaw raised, broken spear in mouth, ΣΤΑ above rightLee S
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Antoninus pius Thrace, Philippopolis. Antoninus Pius. 138-161 AD. AE Assarion (3.94 gm, 18mm). Obv.: [ΑΥ Τ ΑΙ ΑΔΡΙ] ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝ, laureate head right. Rev.: ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΠΟΛEΙΤΩΝ, nude Dionysus standing left, holding cantharus over panther and long filleted thyrsus. Mouchmov, Philippopolis 66-70 and 75, BMC 9: RPC Online 7441. VF.Paul R3
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Antoninus Pius, Corinth, Dionysus / Bacchus on chair, AE2020mm, 5.4g
obv: ANTONINVS [AVG PIVS], laureate head right
rev: [C L I] COR, Bacchus/Dionysus (youthful) seated, r., resting r. arm on back of chair, holding long filleted thyrsus
BCD Corinth 674, BMC 601, Cop 310
http://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4646/areich
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Antoninus Pius, Dionysus, AE19, Philippopolis, Thracia, Varbanov III 755 variation, RareAntoninus Pius
Augustus, 138 - 161 A.D.
Coin: AE19
Obverse: AVT AIΛI AΔPI - ANTΩNEINOC, laureate bust facing right.
Reverse: ΦIΛIΠΠOΠO-ΛOITΩN, 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 (AIΛI in obverse legend), Unpublished
Rated RareConstantine IV
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Antony & Octavia tetradrachm Silver Cistophorus
M ANTONIVS IMP COS DESIG ITER ET TERT
Head of Antony right, wreathed with ivy, lituus below, all within ivy wreath
III VIR R P C
Draped bust of Octavia right above cista mystica flanked by two snakes
Ephesus, summer-autumn 39 BC
10.42g
Sear 1512, RPC 2201
Ex-Incitatus
This issue commemorates the marriage between Antony and Octavia and also celebrates Antony as "the new Dionysus". The honor was bestowed on Antony in 41 BC when he arrived in Ephesus. Antony is named as Imperator and Consul designate for the second and third time. This fixes the date towards the end of 39 BC. after the pact of Misenum in July. At that time the consular designations were agreed upon for the next eight years. However it must also be dated before the winter of 39-38 BC when Antony was acclaimed as Imperator for the second time.
Octavia is not specifically mentioned by name, but certainly there can be no doubt it is her image found on the reverse given the time this coin was minted.Jay GT4
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Antony & Octavia tetradrachmM ANTONIVS IMP COS DESIG ITER ET TERT
Conjoined heads of Antony and Octavia right, Antony wearing an ivy wreath
III VIR RPC
Dionysus standing left, holding cantharus and thyrsus on cista mystica flanked by two interlaced snakes
Ephesus, summer-autumn 39 BC
11.22g
Imperators 263, RPC 2202, Babelon Antonia 61, Syndenham 1198, BMCRR east 135
Punch mark on the obverse protrudes onto the reverse
Ex-Numisantique
This series of Cistophori from Asia commemorates the marriage of Antony and Octavia and celebrate's Antony's divine status in the east as the "New Dionysus" which was bestowed on him when he arrived in Ephesus in 41 BC. Antony's titulature of "Imperator and Consul designate for the second and third times" fixes the period of issue to the latter part of 39 BC after the Pact of Misenum in July and before Antony's second Imperatorial acclamation in the winter of 39-38BC
Jay GT4
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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
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Arcadia, Phigalia. Septimius Severus. BCD Peloponnesos 1644 var. Æ20. Arcadia, Phigalia. Septimius Severus (AD 193–211), laureate head to r., bare bust. Legend mostly illegible. Rev., Dionysus to l., holding cantharus and thyrsus. ΦI - [A?]Λ - EΩN. BCD Peloponnesos 1644 var. (CNG notes: "unpublished in the standard references."). Ex. Collegium Josephinum Bonn, 2-14-2010.
Possibly same obverse die as CNG 81, Lot 2910: http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=141929Mark Fox
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Asia Minor, Lydia, Thyateira, Pseudo-autonomous issue, Dionysos, PanLYDIA. Thyateira.
2nd century AD
Obv: head of young Dionysus, r., wearing ivy wreath
Rev: ΘΥΑΤƐΙΡΗΝΩΝ, Pan advancing, l., holding bunch of grapes and pedum
AE,17.5mm, 3.8 g
Ref.: RPC VI, 4306 (temporary), GRPCL 94, Hochard 2661 (Apollo)
shanxi
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Athens New Style Tetradrachm 104/3 BC SOLDObs: Athena Parthenos right in tri-form helmet
32mm !6.75g Thompson issue 61
Thompson catalogue Obs 802 : Rev h (not in plates)
Rev : ΑΘΕ ethnic
Owl standing on overturned panathenaic amphora
on which month mark Η ? control ΑΠ below
3 magistrates : ANDREAS CHIRANAUTES DEMETRI
RF symbol : Dionysus & Demeter
All within a surrounding olive wreath
SOLDcicerokid
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Barberini Faun (Drunken Satyr) located in the Glyptothek in Munich, GermanyThe life-size marble statue known as the Barberini Faun or Drunken Satyr is located in the Glyptothek in Munich, Germany. A Faun is the Roman equivalent of a Greek Satyr. In Greek mythology, satyrs were human-like male woodland spirits with several animal features, often a goat-like tail, hooves, ears, or horns. Satyrs attended Dionysus. The position of the right arm over the head was a classical artistic convention indicating sleep. The statue is believed to have once adorned Hadrian's Mausoleum. The historian Procopius recorded that during the siege of Rome in 537 the defenders had hurled down upon the Goths the statues adorning Hadrian's Mausoleum. When discovered, the statue was heavily damaged; the right leg, parts of both hands, and parts of the head were missing. Johann Winckelmann speculated that the place of discovery and the statue's condition suggested that it had been such a projectile.
Joe Sermarini
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BCC CG6 Oil Lamp FragmentOil Lamp Fragment?
Dionysus? or Apollo? nude, reclining
to right on Lion walking left. In right
hand branch or thyrsus. A somewhat
similar type was used on coins of
Caesarea from Phillip I to Volusian,
except that the image is reversed,
with lion walking right and the thyrsus
held in the left hand.
Surface find from the beach, 1971.
43.0 x 37.0mm.v-drome
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BCC CM34 Trebonianus GallusRoman Provincial
Caesarea Maritima
Trebonianus Gallus 251-253 CE
Obv:[IMP C C VIB] GALLVS
[P F AVG ] Laur. bust right.
Rev: COL P F AVG [FC CAES METR S PAL]
Dionysus standing left, holding cantharus
and thyrsus, panther at feet.
AE22mm. 9.85g. Axis:210
Kadman 210
Surface find Caesarea Maritima, 1976v-drome
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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
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BCC LT24Lead Tessera
Caesarea Maritima
Obv: Demeter facing, head turned right,
holding torch (and grain).
Rev: Dionysus standing left, thyrsus in
left hand, (?) in right, Panther at feet.
The tetrastyle temple represented on coins
of Caesarea show Tyche-Astarte in the center,
possibly flanked by Demeter on the left and
Dionysos on the right. (Kadman, pp. 53 f.)
Truncated conical shape.
8.5 x 10mm 1.08gm. Axis:180
v-drome
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BCC Lt32 and BCC Lt33Lead Tessera
Late Roman 1st-4th cent.
Obv: Bust of Serapis or Zeus
Heliopolites? to right.
Rev: Figure standing left, arm draped,
uncertain object at feet. (Dionysus with
panther?)
Lt32: 10mm. 0.98gm. Axis:330
Lt33: 9x8mm. 0.9gm. Axis:330v-drome
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BCC LT45Lead Tessera
Caesarea Maritima
Late Roman 1st-4th cent.
Obv: Figure standing left, arm
draped?, branch? pointing down
in right hand. (Dionysus or Apollo
w/ lyre)? Six pointed star in left field.
Rev: Uncertain. Bust?
12x13mm. 2.33gm. Axis:?v-drome
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BCC MA57 Bronze Finger Ring Dionysus or Zeus?Roman Bronze Finger Ring
Caesarea Maritima
2nd-3rd Century CE
Copper alloy ring with engraved bezel. Nearly
round oval hoop with rounded cross-section,
gradually widening from the base to a flat
oval bezel of the same thickness as the hoop.
Horizontal intaglio of a standing figure, possibly
Dionysus, holding staff or thyrsus in left hand
and reaching out with right arm towards an
unidentified object below, possibly a panther.
(Coins from Caesarea minted in the mid-3rd
century have a reverse type similar to this one,
however, other possibilities might include Zeus-
Serapis with Eagle, or another deity entirely).
AE 19.25 x 17.5 x 5.5mm. Wt. 1.88gm.
cf. Hendler Collection #409 (Pantheistic
Tyche Fortuna Isis Demeter-Hygeia)
Surface find Caesarea Maritima, 1970's
J. Berlin Caesarea Collectionv-drome
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Bithynia, Prusa ad Olympum. Philip I Æ19.Obv: Μ ΙΟΥΛΙΟϹ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟϹ ΑΥΓ; laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Philip I, r., seen from rear.
Rev: ΠΡΟΥⳞΑΕΩΝ; Dionysus standing l., holding ivy wreath and thyrsus.
RPC VIII, — (unassigned; ID 19783)ancientone
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BITHYNIAN KINGDOM. Prusias II (ca. 182-149 BC). AE (21mm, 1h).BITHYNIAN KINGDOM. Prusias II (ca. 182-149 BC). AE (21mm, 1h). NGC AU, adjusted flan. Wreathed head of Dionysus right / BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ / ΠΡΟΥΣΙΟΥ, Chiron advancing right, playing lyre; ΠY monogram below raised foreleg. SNG Copenhagen 637.Mark R1
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bmc---2Elagabalus
Laodicea ad Mare, Syria
Obv: [IMP C M AV]R ANTONINVS [AVG], radiate head right.
Rev: LAVDI..., Dionysus standing left, nude but for drapery over shoulder, holding cantharus over panther in right hand, thyrsus in left.
18 mm, 4.69 gms
BMC –; SNG Copenhagen –; SNG Hunterian –; Mionnet V 798.
From Themis Numismatics, Auction 7, lot 732.Charles M
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Bruttium, Rhegion, 415-387 B.C., Drachm 14mm, 3.89 grams
Reference: Sear 502; B.M.C.1.38
Lion's scalp facing.
PHΓINON, Laureate head of Apollo right, olive-sprig behind.
"Dionysios I, after concluding a peace with the Carthaginians, went about securing his power in the island of Sicily. His troops, however, rebelled against him and sought help from, among others, the city of Rhegion (Diod. Sic. 14.8.2). In the ensuing campaigns, Dionyios I proceeded to enslave the citizens of Naxos and Katane, with whom the Rhegians shared a common history and identity (Diod. Sic. 14.40.1). This association was a source of anger and fear for the inhabitants of Rhegion. The Syracusan exiles living there also encouraged the Rhegians to go to war with Syracuse (Diod. Sic. 14.40.3). The overarching strategy of Dionysios I included extending his power into Italy by using Rhegion as a stepping stone to the rest of the peninsula. In 387 BC, after a siege that lasted eleven months, the Rhegians, on the brink of starvation, surrendered to Dionysus. Indeed, we are told that by the end of the siege, a medimnos of wheat cost about five minai (Diod. Sic. 14.111.2). Strabo remarks that, following Dionysios' capture of the city, the Syracusan “destroyed the illustrious city” (Strabo 6.1.6).
The next decade or so of the history of Rhegion is unclear, but sometime during his reign, Dionysios II, who succeeded his father in 367 BC, rebuilt the city, giving it the new name of Phoibia (Strabo 6.1.6). Herzfelder argues that this issue was struck by Dionysios II of Syracuse after he rebuilt the city, and dates it to the period that Dionysios II is thought to have lived in the city. Due to civil strife at Syracuse, Dionysios II was forced to garrison Region, but was ejected from the city by two of his rivals circa 351 BC (Diod. Sic. 16.45.9).
The coin types of Rhegion, founded as a colony of Chalcis, are related to its founding mythology. Some of the earliest tetradrachms of the city, from the mid-5th century BC, depict a lion’s head on the obverse, and a seated figure on the reverse. J.P. Six (in NC 1898, pp. 281-5) identified the figure as Iokastos, the oikistes (founder) of Rhegion (Diod. Sic. 5.8.1; Callimachus fr. 202). Head (in HN), suggested Aristaios, son of Apollo. Iokastos was one of six sons of Aiolos, ruler of the Aeolian Islands. All of the sons of Aiolos secured their own realms in Italy and Sicily, with Iokastos taking the region around Rhegion. Aristaios, born in Libya, discovered the silphium plant, and was the patron of beekeepers (mentioned by Virgil), shepherds, vintners, and olive growers. He also protected Dionysos as a child, and was the lover of Eurydike. The replacement of the seated figure type with the head of Apollo circa 420 BC also suggests the figure could be Aristaios. An anecdote from the first-century BC geographer Strabo (6.1.6 and 6.1.9), which connects Rhegion’s founding to the orders of the Delphic Oracle and Apollo, as the reason for the advent of the new type could be simply serendipitous.
Different theories exist for the lion’s head on the coins of Rhegion. The lion’s head (or mask as it is sometimes described) first appeared on the coinage of Rhegion at the start of the reign of Anaxilas, in about 494 BC. E.S.G. Robinson, in his article “Rhegion, Zankle-Messana and the Samians” (JHS vol. 66, 1946) argues that the lion was a symbol of Apollo. He makes a comparison to the coinage of the nearby city of Kaulonia, “At Kaulonia Apollo’s animal was the deer; if at Rhegion it was the lion, the early appearance and persistence of that type is explained. The lion is a certain, though infrequent, associate of Apollo at all periods.” The link, he suggests, is that the lion was associated with the sun, as was Apollo himself.
The lion’s head could also relate to the exploits of Herakles, who had some significance for the city. The extant sources tell us that Herakles stopped at southern Italy near Rhegion on his return with the cattle of Geryon (Diod. Sic. 4.22.5). It was here that supposedly a bull broke away from the rest of the herd and swam to Sicily (Apollod. 2.5.10). Though but a passing reference in Apollodorus, it is very possible that the Rhegians venerated Herakles. Indeed, Herakles was a very important figure throughout the entire area. Dionysios of Halicarnassus says that “in many other places also in Italy [besides Rome] precincts are dedicated to this god [Herakles] and altars erected to him, both in cities and along highways; and one could scarcely find any place in Italy in which the god is not honoured” (I.40.6). As the skin of the Nemean Lion was one of the main attributes of Herakles, the lion’s head may refer to him through metonymic association."Leo
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Campania. Neapolis AR NomosCirca 275-250 BC. AR Nomos (21mm, 7.21 g, 11h). Sambon–; HN Italy 586; BMC 87; SNG France–; SNG ANS–. Obverse: Diademed head of nymph left, wearing triple-pendant earring and necklace; to right, Artemis standing right, holding torch in both hands. Reverse: Man-headed bull walking right; above, Nike flying right, placing wreath on bull's head; IΣ below; [N]EOÎ OΛITΩN in exergue. Good VF, toned. Scarce symbol for issue.
Ex Gorny & Mosch 125 (13 October 2003), lot 21
Ex Classical Numismatic Review XXXIX No. 2 Summer 2014, lot 979726
The obverse of early Neapolitan coins represent the siren Parthenope who, according to legend, committed suicide after her failed attempt to seduce Odysseus and his shipmates as they passed the Sorrento peninsula. Her body was washed up on the shore of nearby Megaride, a tiny island in the Bay of Naples. The locals interred her in Mount Echia, now the hill of Pizzofalcone. The Sirens were originally the islands found at the mouth of the river Achelöos in Greece which flowed into the Ionian Sea between Akarnania and Aetolia. The man-headed bull on the reverse of the coins was meant to represent Achelöos, the greatest water god of ancient Greece and father of Parthenope. This coin, however, belongs to a later group known as Class VI (Numismatic Circular, vol. 14, 1906). The latest coins with the obverse head always facing left may well be identified as the head of Dia-Hebe. She is associated with Dionysus Hebon and the Neapolitan bull on the reverse was reinterpreted as the bull with which Dionysus Hebon was always depicted.
Jason T
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CantharosTHRACE. Maroneia. Julia Domna. Æ 23 (3 Assaria). A.D. 198-217. Obv: IOYΛIA-ΔOMNACEB. Draped bust right; countermark on bust, below chin. Rev: MAPΩN-EITΩN. Naked figure of Dionysus standing, facing left, holding bunch of grapes in right hand, arrows and drapery in left. Ref: BMC -; Moushmov 3966. 30°, 8.15 g. Very rare. Cm: Vase or cantharos (?) in circular punch, 5 mm, Howgego 485 (2 pcs). Maroneia was commonly associated with Dionysus, and one of Dionysus’ attributes was the cantharos, so the identification of the countermark as such is logical.Automan
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Caracalla * Dionysus - Hadrianopolis, Æ23 - 198-217 AD.
Caracalla * Dionysus - Hadrianopolis, Thrace * Provincial bronze.
2 or 3 assaria.
Obv: Laureate, right facing, seen from behind. AVT K M AVP CEV ANTΩNEINOC
Rev: Dionysus standing left holding bunch of grapes in outstretched right, & thyrsus which he grasps near the top in his upraised left. AΔRIANOΠO | ΛEITΩN
Exergue: None
Mint: Hadrianopolis, Thrace
Struck: 211-217 AD.
Size: 23.56 mm.
Weight: 7.12 grm.
Die axis: 0°
Condition: Quite much as shown in image but cleaner and less rough viewed in hand. Quite lovely patina considerably darker than shown here and towards a deep olive-green.
Refs:*
Jurukova, no. 373, pl. XXXV
One of three known specimens.
Two in Bulgaria, Sofia & Sliven respectively.
(Much thanks to Curtis Clay for this reference, & to Whitetd49 for his numerous kind clarifications).
Tiathena
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Caria, Tabai. AD 69-79 AD. Dionysos/Caps of the Dioscuri.Obv: ΤΑΒΗΝΩΝ. Head of Dionysus with ivy wreath, r.
Rev: ΚΑΛΛΙΚΡΑΤΗΣ ΒΡΑX. Altar with caps of the Dioscuri, uncertain object between.
RPC II, 1251.ancientone
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CARIA: RhodesISLANDS off CARIA, Rhodos. Rhodes. Early-mid 1st century AD. Æ Drachm (35mm, 20.73 g, 2h). Antigonos, magistrate. Radiate head of Dionysus left, wearing ivy wreath / Nike right on rose, holding wreath and palm frond. RPC I 2756; BMC 364. Near VF, earthen green patina, crack running along reverse edge.
CNG 374, lot 269. Ex Stevex6Molinari
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Cassia 6Cassius 6 (78BC) moneyer L Cassius Longinus praetor 66
Denarius
Ob: Head of Liber right, wearing ivy-wreath and with thrysus over shoulder, border of dots
Rev: Head of Libera left, wearing vine wreath, behind L ∙ CASSI ∙ Q ∙ F upwards, border of dots
BMCRR I 3152
Sydenham 779
Crawford 386/1
Northumberland Tablet IV 14 “This is held to commemorate the vow which the consul, Spurius Cassius, made in the Latian War, of dedicating a temple to Ceres and her children, Liber (Bacchus) and Libera.”
Describes Liber as “Bacchus corymbifer” chapleted Dionysus (wearing garlands of clusters of ivy-berries (Bacchi Ovid Fast. I.393) OLD
Ex: CNG auction 72 lot 1319 (June 2006); ex: Marc Poncin; ex: Baldwin auction 42 one of two coin lot 141 (26 Sept 2005) ex: William C. Boyd with tag (Spink 1894) toned dark grey
Baldwin graded this coin as a fine, but CNG correctly as VF. Coin much darker than this CNG photo
rennrad12020
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Cilicia, Anemurium. Trajan Decius AE25Obv: ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Κ ΔƐΚΙΟΝ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟΝ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Decius, r., seen from rear.
Rev: ƐΤ Α ΑΝƐΜΟΥΡΙƐⲰΝ, Dionysus standing l., holding cantharus over panther and thyrsus.
RPC IX, 1313ancientone
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CILICIA, Corycus. Valerian ICILICIA, Corycus. Valerian I. AD 253-260. Æ (29mm, 17.00 g, 5h). Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Dionysus standing left, holding grape bunch over panther and thyrsus; in left field, table carrying prize crown inscribed [ΘEMIA] and containing a caduceus, palm, and aplustre. SNG France 1122 (same dies); SNG Levante 820 (same dies). Good Fine, green patina, roughness. ecoli
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Cilicia, Hierapolis-Kastabala. Marcus Aurelius Æ28Obv. IEROΠOΛITΩN TΩN ΠPOC TΩ ΠΥΡΑM, draped bust of Dionysus right, wearing mitra and crown of ivy, holding thyrsus over left shoulder, bunch of grapes on stem before.
Rev. AYT K M AYP ANTΩNEINOC CEB, togate Marcus Aurelius seated left on curule chair, holding globe in right hand and being crowned by Victory.ancientone
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CILICIA. Hierapolis-Castabala. Marcus Aurelius (AD 161–180).Obv. I—EROÎ OLI—TΩN TΩN Î ROC TΩ ΠΥΡΑ—M, draped bust of Dionysus right, wearing mitra and crown of ivy, holding thyrsus over left shoulder, long locks falling on near shoulder, bunch of grapes on stem before.
Rev. AYT K M AYP ANTΩ—NEIN—OC CEB, togate Marcus Aurelius seated left on curule chair, holding globe in right hand and being crowned by Victory.
References: SNG von Aulock 8677.
30mm, 13.15 grams Very rare.
Uncleaned, earth deposits, green patina. Canaan
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CILICIA. Nagidus. Ca. 400-350 BC. AR stater (23mm, 4h).CILICIA. Nagidus. Ca. 400-350 BC. AR stater (23mm, 4h). NGC Choice XF. Aphrodite, wearing turreted crown, seated left, holding phiale in right hand over lit garlanded altar, Cupid standing behind her holding wreath / NAΓIΔEΩ-N, Dionysus standing facing, head left, grape bunch, vine sprig and thyrsus in right hand, scepter in left. Lederer 25. SNG France 2, 21.Mark R1
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Cilicia. Tarsos. TranquillinaAE 33 (18.45 g, 32.6 mm). CABINEIAN TPANKVLLEINA CEB, diademed and draped bust right, set on crescent / TAPCOV MHTPOPOLEWC, M-A K-B G, Dionysus standing facing, head left, holding cantharus and thyrsus; panther left at feet. SNG Levante 1148, SNG France 1724-5 var (reverse legend).SkySoldier
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Claudius II, SagalassosObv: AY K M AYP KΛAYΔION CЄ, I
Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Claudius II, right, seen from rear
Mint: Sagalassus, Pisidia
Rev: CAΓAΛACCЄΩN
Hermes seated right on rock, holding caduceus and infant Dionysus
RPC X (unassigned, ID 63520)
32.5 mm, 14.71 gTim M
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Corinth, AE20, Dionysos seatedAntoninus Pius, Corinth, 20mm, 5.4g. Obverse: ANTONINVS [AVG PIVS], laureate head right. Reverse: [C L I] COR, Bacchus/Dionysus (youthful) seated, r., resting r. arm on back of chair, holding long filleted thyrsus. Attribution: BCD Corinth 674, BMC 601, Cop 310. Ex areich, photo credit areichPodiceps
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DionysusPallazo Massimo alle TermeJ. B.
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Dionysus * Dionysus, Maroneia * Thrace * AR Tetradrachm * After 148 BC
Dionysus / Front & Back, AR Tetradrachm, Maroneia
Obverse: Beautiful head of Dionysos* wreathed in ivy, right.
Reverse: Nude Dionysus standing left, holding cluster of grapes in right hand, and two narthex wands in his left hand; DIONYSO[Y] to his right; two monograms, one each to the left & the right; [T]WTHPOS, to the left (with test cut through the first letter)
Exe: MARWNIT[WN]
Weight: 16.0 grams
Size: 33 mm.
Sear Greek Coins and their Values:
Vol. 1, p.163, 1635
“After 148 BC (following the defeat of Andriscus and the organization of Macedonia into a Roman Province, the output of the great silver mines was sent to the Thracian mints of Maroneia and Thasos for conversion to coin)
B.M.C. 3, 48-63
These issues were imitated by the Danubian Celts of the interior.”
~ D. Sear, Ibid.
* Olympian
Tiathena
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Dionysus and DemeterPerinthos, Thrace. AE 25
Circa 1st Century BC-1st Century AD.
Wreathed head of Dionysos right.
Demeter standing left, holding grain ears and torch.
Very Rare; Mionnet Supp II 1171
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Dionysus | Herakles * Thasos, Thrace - AR Tetradrachm, After 148 BC.
Dionysus | Herakles - Silver Tetradrachm.
Obv: Head of Dionysus wreathed in ivy, right-facing, long free-coils of hair falling upon shoulder.
Rev: Herakles, nude, standing facing, head left, holding olive-branch club at rest, draped in lion's skin, left hand resting on hip. M Monogram between right knee and club: HPAKΛEOYΣ, down-vertical in right field - ΘAΣIΩN, horizontal below - ΣΩTHPOΣ, down-vertical in left field.
Exergue: ΘAΣIΩN
Mint: Thasos
Struck: post 148 BC.
Size: 33.62 mm.
Weight: 16.91 grm.
Die axis: 0°
Condition: Beautiful overall. Well centered, nicely struck. Bright, clear and lustrous silver, superb devices and legends. Subtle, but distinctive toning.
Refs:*
Sear, GCV, 1759.
Tiathena
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Domitian RIC II 0845Domitian. 81-96 A.D. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm. Rome Mint for Asia. 82 A.D. (10.73g, 25.2m, 6h). Obv: IMP CAES DOMITIAN AVG P M COS VIII, laureate head r. Rev: DOMITIA AVGVSTA, bust of Domitia, draped, right, hair massed in front and long plait behind. RIC II 845. RPC 866.
Cistophoric tetradrachms show enough stylistic links that most agree they were minted in Rome, but for circulation in the East. Valued at 3 denarii, cistophori, named for the cista mystica, the basket of snakes used during the initiation rites for the cult of Dionysus, were the denomination of the kingdom of Pergamum in Asia Minor.Lucas H
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Eagle (to front)CILICIA. Diocaesarea. Geta. Æ 28. A.D. 198-209 (struck as Caesar). Obv: (Î CEÎ )ΓETAC-KA(ICAP). Draped and cuirassed bust right; Countermark before. Rev: (A)ΔPΔI(OKAICAPE)ΩN. 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
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EIPH (monogram of)CILICIA. Irenopolis. Valerian. Æ 28 (8 Assaria). A.D. 253-256. Obv: AVTKΠΛI-(OVAΛEPIANOCCEB) or sim. Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right. Rev: I-PH(NOÎ O-ΛITWNΔC) 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
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flaviopolis001aElagabalus
Flaviopolis, Cilicia
Obv: M AVP ANTΩNƐINOC CƐ-B. laureate draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind.
Rev: ΦΛΑVΙΟΠΟΛƐΙΤΩΝ ƐΤ ϚΜΡ. Draped bust of Dionysus, right, wearing wreath and holding thyrsus over shoulder; to right, bunch of grapes.
26 mm, 8.83 gms
RPC Online 7452; SNG Levante---.
From Gorny & Mosch Auction 265, lot 1076.Charles M
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flaviopolis001bElagabalus
Flaviopolis, Cilicia
Obv: M AVP ANTΩNƐINO-C CƐB. laureate head right.
Rev: ΦΛΑVΙΟΠΟΛƐΙΤΩΝ ƐΤ ϚΜΡ. Draped bust of Dionysus, right, wearing wreath and holding thyrsus over shoulder; to right, bunch of grapes.
27 mm, 13.16 gms
RPC Online 7451; SNG Levante---.
From Ares Numismatics Web Auction 5, lot 532.Charles M
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Gaius Caligula, (37 – 41 CE), Æ City coin of Nysa-Scythopolis (Bet-Shean).Bronze of Caligula (37-41 CE), Minted in Nysa-Scythopolis (Bet-Shean). 20mm, 6 gm. Dated year ΓP, year 103 (39/40 AD).
Obverse: ΓAIOY KAI-CAPOC, laureate head left.
Reverse: Dionysus, standing facing, head left, holding thyrsus in outstretched left.
Reference: Barkay, “The coinage of Nysa-Scythopolis (Beth Shean)”, 7.
Added to Collection: October 29, 2006Daniel F
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Gallienus (Publius Licinius Egnatius Gallienus) (253-268 A.D.)SRCV 10281, RIC V S-230, Göbl 713b, CT 1341, Van Meter 153
BI Antoninianus, 3.01 g., 20.14 mm. max., 0°
Rome mint, second officina, tenth emission, struck during solo reign (260-268 A.D.), in 267-268 A.D.
Obv: GALLIENVS AVG, radiate head right.
Rev: LIBERO • P [•] CONS AVG, tigress walking left. B in exergue.
Issued in 267-268 A.D. to commemorate vows to Apollo invoking his protection against the revolt of Aureolus. The tiger was sacred to Liber Pater (or the Greek Dionysus or Bacchus).
RIC rarity C, Van Meter VB1.Stkp
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GALLIENVS AVG / LIBERO P CONS AVG panther antoninianus (close to 267-268 A.D.) "Zoo" series Obv.: GALLIENVS AVG, radiate bare bust right, one ribbon behind, one forward across shoulder
Rev.: LIBERO P CON[S AVG], panther, walking left. B (or A?) in exergue.
Oval 20-22mm, 2.48g, die axis 12 (medal alignment), material: bronze/copper-based alloy supposedly with some silver.
Authority and portrait: Gallienus (joint reign 253-, sole reign 260-268). Mint: Rome or Siscia.
AVG = Augustus; LIBERO P[atri] CONS[ervatori] AVG[usti]= to Liber Pater the Protector of the Augustus. Liber Pater (the Free Father) in later Roman times is the same as Dionysus / Bacchus.
"Zoo" coins: a significant fraction of Gallienus radiates was issued very near the end of his reign to honor nine Roman deities, asking for their protection. Their reverses depict various animals and thus are known as "zoo" coins. Goat is the chosen animal of Jupiter. B designates officina 2, mostly minting Liber Pater coins of this type.
It corresponds to one of the two types: RIC V-1 Rome 230 (RSC 586; Sear 10281 etc.) or RIC V-1 Siscia 574 (Cohen 592 etc.). The distinctions of these two types / mints are not clear to me at this time. Also many varieties exists – emperor's bust bare/draped/cuirassed, panther walking left or right, striped tigress instead of panther, shape of the panther's head is different, perhaps designating a different large cat, a lot of variation in size, weight and die axis, and so on. There is also a distinct variation of reverse legend with dots: LIBERO ∙ P ∙ CONS AVG.
Note that as often with Rome mint some letters are made of separate lines and thus sometimes V = II and N = ΛI or III etc. Siscia types seems to exhibit the same peculiarity sometimes.
The most common officina in both Rome and Siscia is B. Catalogues mention also A and absence of designated officina at Sisica. But it is clear that sometimes B can be so distorted that may look like A, as seems to be the case here.Yurii P
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Greece, Athens - Theatre of Dionysus17000 spectratorsJ. B.
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Greece-Macedonia-ThessalonikaThessalonica. AE18.
Obverse: Dionysus wreathed
Reverse: goat. bronze.Macedonian Warrior
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GREEK, Italy, Calabria, Taras281-272 BC (Period VII - The Pyrrhic Hegemony)
AR Didrachm (20mm, 6.44g)
Apollo(...) magistrate.
O: Warrior in crested helmet on horse cantering left, carrying large round shield and two spears; ΞΩ behind, [AΠOΛΛΩ] (magistrate) below.
R: Taras (of the plump Dionysiac type) riding dolphin left, holding bunch of grapes in extended right hand, distaff over left shoulder; ANΘ to right, TAPAΣ below.
Vlasto 789-91 / Evans VII, F2 or F6 / Cote 413 / SNG ANS 1131-1133 / HN Italy 1013
This plump rendition of Taras, differing greatly from previous images, is actually meant to represent a young Iacchus, the son of Dionysus and Persephone, and signifies the influence of the chthonic cult of Dionysus upon the religion of Taras. Enodia
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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
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GREEK, Pergamum, Mysia, AR TetradrachmObv: Anepigraphic
Serpent entering Cista Mystica, all within berry covered ivy wreath.
Rev: Mint monogram to left, ΜΟΣ above.
Bow case between two coiled serpents, snake entwined Asklepian staff to right.
Tetradrachm, 12.2 gm, 25.8 mm, 133-67 BC, Sear (GC) 3950
Comment: Struck after the Roman occupation. Celebrates the cult of Bacchus (Dionysus). I surmise this is an ancient association of wine and good health.
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GREEK, Seleukid Kingdom, Antiochus VI Epiphanes Dionysus, 144 - 142 or 141 B.C.Seleukid Kingdom, Antiochus VI Epiphanes Dionysus, 144 - 142 or 141 B.C., SH25884. Silver drachm, SNG Cop 294, SNG Spaer 1760 var, Mint State, Antioch mint, weight 4.232g, maximum diameter 17.9mm, die axis 45o, 144 - 143 B.C.; obverse diademed radiate head of Antiochus VI right; reverse BASILEWS ANTIOCOU EPIFANOUS DIONUSOU, Apollo seated left on omphalos, nude, arrow in right, resting left on bow, monogram between legs, QXR (year 169) STA (magistrate) in ex
Antiochus VI was the son of Alexander Balas and Cleopatra Thea and daughter of Ptolemy VI of Egypt. He was nominated in 145 BC by the general Diodotus Tryphon in opposition to Demetrius II. He did not actually rule and served only as the general's pawn. In 142 BC, Diodotus deposed and succeeded him.Joe Sermarini
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hierapolis002aElagabalus
Hierapolis, Phrygia
Obv: ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΑVΡ ΑΝΤΩΝƐΙΝΟϹ ϹƐ; laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from rear.
Rev: ΙƐΡΑΠΟΛƐΙΤ-ΩΝ ΝƐΩΚ, in left field upwards, ΟΡ-ΩΝ; Dionysus standing facing, looking left, holding long thyrsus and cantharus.
23 mm, 4.94 gms
RPC Online 5456; Johnston, Hierapolis 30-1
From Numismatik Naumann Auction 83, lot 479Charles M
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