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Î” 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-Î©N. 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: Î” in circular punch, 6 mm. Howgego 789 (34 pcs). Note: The latest coin bearing this countermark was issued for Hostilian. Collection Automan.Automan

(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

(0218) ELAGABALUS & JULIA MAESA218 - 225 AD
Æ 5 Assaria. 26 mm; 8.99 g
O: Confronted busts of Elagabalus and Julia Maesa
R: Dionysos standing left, holding thyrsus and pouring wine from kantharos; E in right field
Moesia Inferior, Markianopolis (Marcianopolis)
Varbanov 1623; Pick 953laney

005. Mn. Fonteius, CfDenarius, ca 85-84 BC, Auxiliary Italian mint.
Obverse: MN FONTEI CF / Bust of Vejovis with hair in loose locks; thunderbolt below; AP monogram under chin.
Reverse: Winged Cupid or Genius seated on goat; caps of the Dioscuri above; thyrsus with fillet below; all within a laurel wreath.
3.89 gm., 20 mm.
Syd. #724; RSC #Fonteia 9; Sear #271.

Vejovis was an ancient deity whose early function was forgotten. At his shrine in Rome, his statue portrayed him as a young beardless youth with a goat. By the time this coin was issued, he was identified with Pluto, the god of the underworld. He was probably a god of expiation since a goat was sacrificed to him once a year. We know from other sources that this goat sacrifice was expiatory in nature.Callimachus

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

036b01. TranquillinaCilicia, Tarsus. AE32mm, 19.61 g. Obv: CABINЄIAN TPANKVΛΛЄINAΝ CЄB / Π – Π, Draped bust right, w/stephane and on crescent. Rev: TAPCOV MHTPOΠOΛЄΩC A M K / Γ B. Dionysos stnd left, holding filleted thyrsus and pouring cantharus; panther left, head right. RPC VII.2 - (unassigned; ID 65803); SNG BN 1725; SNG Levante 1148 var. (arrangement of rev. legend). Naumann Auction 100, Lot 392.lawrence c

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

085 B.C., Mn. Fonteius C.f., Republic AR-Denarius, Crawford 353/1, Rome, Winged figure on goat right, #1085 B.C., Mn. Fonteius C.f., Republic AR-Denarius, Crawford 353/1, Rome, Winged figure on goat right, #1
avers: Laureate head of Apollo Veiovis right, below, thunderbolt, behind, MN•FONTEI (MN ligate), before, C•F.
reverse: Winged figure on goat right; above, pilei, in ex. thyrsus; laurel wreath as a border.
exergue: -/-//thyrsus, diameter: 19,5-20,5 mm, weight: 3,99g, axis: 7h,
mint: Rome, date: 85 B.C., ref: Crawford-353/1c, Syd-724a, Fonteia 10,
Q-0011 commentsquadrans

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

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

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

15-02 - Alejandro II, Zabinas (128 - 123 A.C.)Usurpador sostenido por el rey de Egipto Ptolomeo VIII
AE 17 x 18 mm 7.6 gr.

Anv: Busto con diadema viendo a derecha. Grafila de puntos.
Rev: "BAÎ£IÎ›EÎ©Î£ AÎ›EÎžANÎ”POY” – Joven Dionisio (Baco) de pié de frente viendo a izquierda sosteniendo cántaro en mano derecha y thyrsus (Vara enramada cubierta de hojas de hiedra que suele llevar como cetro Baco) en izquierda. Fecha Seléucida en campo izquierdo.

Acuñación: 129 - 125 A.C.
Ceca: Antioquía

Referencias: B.M.C. Vol.4 (Seleucid Kings of Syria) #16 Pag.82 Plate 22 #6 - Sear GCTV Vol.2 #7125 Pag.667 – SNG Spaer #2375mdelvalle

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

194 AD - SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS AR denariusobv: L SEPT SEV PERT - AVG IMP III (laureate head right)
rev: LIBERO PATRI (Bacchus [Liber] standing left, holding oenochoe [wine-cup] over panther on left and thyrsus in other hand)
ref: RIC IVi, 32 (S), RSC 301 (5frcs)
mint: Rome
2.89 gms, 17 mm
Rare

In Roman mythology, Liber was originally associated with husbandry and crops, but then was assimilated with Dionysos. He is the consort of Ceres and the father of the goddess Libera. His festival, the Liberalia, was on 17 March when young men celebrated the arrival of manhood.1 commentsberserker

194_Septimius_Severus_As_RIC_666_1Septimius Severus (193 – 211 AD)
AE As, Rome, 194
L SEPT SEV PERT AVG IMP II;
Laureate head right
DIS AVSPICIB TR P II, COS II P P in exergue, S-C;
Hercules, holding club and lion skin, and Bacchus, holding cup and thyrsus, standing left, side by siede, panther at feet of Bacchus
10,03 gr, 24 mm
RIC IVa, 666; BMC V, 501; C. 117
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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

1958 LYDIA, Hyrcanis. Hadrian, 125-26 AD Dionysos standingReference.
RPC III 1958/7; Waddington 5043; Stumpf 586

Magistrate T. Avidius Quietus (procos)

Obv. ΑΥ ΚΑΙ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟC.
Laureate and draped bust right.

Rev. ΥΡΚΑΝΩΝ ΑΝΘ ΚΥΙΗΤΩ.
Dionysos standing left, holding filleted thyrsus and pouring cantharus.

4.9 gr
19 mm
12h2 commentsokidoki

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
12h1 commentsokidoki

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 & Medaillen1 commentsokidoki

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

353M N Fontei C F ; c.85 BC
AR denarius
Obv "MN FONTEI C F AP"
Laureate head of Apollo right, thunderbolt below
Rev Cupid on goat right, pilei above, thyrsus below, all within wreath
Rome mint
Crawford 353mauseus

46-03 - SEPTIMIO SEVERO (193 - 211 D.C.)AR Denario 18 mm 2.8 gr.

Anv: "L SEPT SEV PERT [AVG] IMP VIIII" - Busto laureado viendo a derecha.
Rev: "LIBERO PATRI" - Liber/Baco desnudo de pié de frente coronándose a si mismo con la mano derecha y portando thyrsus en izquierda. A sus piés una pantera.

Acuñada 4ta. Emisión 197 D.C.
Ceca: Roma (Off.2da)

Referencias: RIC Vol.IV Parte I #99 Pag.103 - Sear RCTV Vol.II #6307 var Pag.461 - BMCRE V #222-3 Pag.56 (Plate 10 #17) - Cohen Vol.IV #304 Pag.35 - RSC Vol. III #304 Pag.31 - DVM #73 Pag.184 - Hill CSS#280 - Salgado II/1 #4121.b Pag.83mdelvalle

46-05 - SEPTIMIO SEVERO (193 - 211 D.C.)AR Denario 18 mm 2.8 gr.

Anv: "L SEPT SEV PERT [AVG] IMP VIIII" - Busto laureado viendo a derecha.
Rev: "LIBERO PATRI" - Liber/Baco desnudo de pié de frente coronándose a si mismo con la mano derecha y portando thyrsus en izquierda. A sus piés una pantera.

Acuñada 15ava. Emisión 197 D.C.
Ceca: Roma (Off.2da)

Referencias: RIC Vol.IV Parte I #99 Pag.103 - Sear RCTV Vol.II #6307 var Pag.461 - BMCRE #W222/3 - Cohen Vol.IV #304 Pag.35 - RSC Vol. III #304 Pag.31 - DVM #73 Pag.184 - Hill CSS#280mdelvalle

494C Vibius Varus c.42 BC
AR denarius
Obv Head of Bacchus right
Rev "C VIBIVS VARVS"
Panther springing left towards altar, surmounted by Bacchic mask and thyrsus
Rome mint
Crawford 494/363 commentsmauseus

Achaea. Sicyonia, Sicyon. Septimius Severus AE242 Assaria (AE, 5.3 g, 24 mm), c. 198-205.
Obv: Laureate head of Septimius Severus to right.
Rev: Dionysos standing left with kantharos and thyrsus.
Uncertain C/Mancientone

Alexander II Zabinas 128-122 B.C.Alexander II, Zabinas ("the Bought One") 128-122 B.C. Ae 17.0~18.6mm. 6.21g. Antioch, 129-128 B.C. Obv: Diademed bust r. Rev: BAΣIΛEΩΣ AΛEΞANΔΡOΥ, Dionysos standing in short chiton, holding thyrsus and kantharos. Monogram (off flan) left field, IΣI with cornucopia below. Date ΔΠΡ = year 184 S.E. Houghton-Lorber II, 453, 2229.1d. SNG Spaer 2379, Houghton 301.1 commentsddwau

Amisos in Pontos, AE 20 120-80 BCReference.
RegGen 24. (p.53); SNGBMC 1209

Obv.
head of Dionysos right

Rev. AMISOU
cista mystica, on which rest panther skin and thyrsus

with monograms

8.84 gr
20 mmokidoki

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

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

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

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
7 commentsJay GT4

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. Î¦I - [A?]Î› - EÎ©N. 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

Asia Minor, Kilikia, Anazarbus, Valerian I, DionysosValerian I
Cilicia, Anazarbus
Æ 30mm
Dated CY 272 (253/4).
Obv.: AVT K Π ΛIK OVAΛЄPIANOC CЄ, Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right.
Rev.: ANASAPBOV MHTPO / Γ - Γ / ЄT BOC A M K, Dionysos, raising hand over head and holding filleted thyrsus, reclining on panther right, head left.
AE, 30mm, 18.34g
Ref.: Ziegler, Anazarbos, 829.1 [dies Vs2/Rs4] (this coin cited), SNG BN 2158

ex auction Knopek, lot 420 (December 1979)
ex Kölner Münzkabinett Tyll Kroha, auction 49, lot 546 (1989)
ex Jacquier list 12, lot 222 (1990)
ex Dr. P. Vogl Collection
ex Numismatik Naumann, auction 63, lot 167 (2018)shanxi

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

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

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

BCC LT27Lead Tessera
Caesarea Maritima
Obv: Figure advancing to right,
carrying short staff in left hand,
holding out right hand. Uncertain object
at feet. (Dionysos with thyrsus and Panther?).
Rev: Bust of Serapis to right?
10x10mm. 0.71gm. Axis:0
v-drome

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

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

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

C.VIBIUS VARUS.AR denarius. 42 BC. 3,78 grs. Head of Liber right,wearing ivy wreath / Panther left springing up towards garlanded altar on which rests mask and against which rests thyrsus. VARVS to right. In exergue C.VIBIVS.
Crawford 494/36. RSC Vibia 24.1 commentsbenito

Caracalla * Dionysus - Hadrianopolis, Ã†23 - 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 ANTÎ©NEINOC
Rev: Dionysus standing left holding bunch of grapes in outstretched right, & thyrsus which he grasps near the top in his upraised left. AÎ”RIANOÎ O | Î›EITÎ©N

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).
2 commentsTiathena

Caracalla - CyrrhusAR tetradrachm
215-217 AD
radiate, cuirassed bust left, holding shield and spear over left shoulder, right hand raised
AYT K MA ANTΩ_NIN_OC C
eagle facing, head right, wreath in beak, filleted thyrsus below
ΔHMAPX EΞ__VΠATO Δ
Prieur 915
13,3g 25,5mm
ex DionysosJ. B.

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

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 [Î˜EMIA] and containing a caduceus, palm, and aplustre. SNG France 1122 (same dies); SNG Levante 820 (same dies). Good Fine, green patina, roughness. 1 commentsecoli

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

Cilicia-Irenopolis-Neronias, biga of panthersValerian I, Cilicia-Irenopolis-Neronias, biga of panthers. 27mm, 15.95g. Obverse: radiate and cuirassed bust right. Reverse: Dionysos facing, head left, thyrsus in left hand, kantharos in right, in split biga of panthers. SNG Levante 1623; SNG BN 2271-2. ex areich, photo credit areichPodiceps

CILICIA. Hierapolis-Castabala. Marcus Aurelius (AD 161–180).Obv. I—EROÎ OLI—TÎ©N TÎ©N Î ROC TÎ© Î Î¥Î¡Î‘—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 ANTÎ©—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

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, 21.3 commentsMark R1

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).2 commentsSkySoldier

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

Cr 353/1a AR Denarius Mn. Fonteius C.f. Rome, 85 b.c.e.
o: Laureate head of Apollo Veiovis r.; below, thunderbolt; behind, MN FONTEI C F; before, monogram of ROMA
r: Winged figure on goat r.; above, pilei of the Dioscuri; in exergue, thyrsus; laurel wreath as border
19.5 mm., 3.73 gm.PMah

Cr 386/1 AR Denarius L. Cassius Q. f. Longinus Rome, 78 BCE
o: Head of Liber (or Bacchus) right, wearing ivy wreath; thyrsus over shoulder
r: Head of Liber left, wearing vine wreath; L•CASSI•Q•F behind
Crawford 386/1; RSC Cassia 6.
(3.88g, 14mm, 9h)
An unusual type, with heads on both sides there is some dispute as to the identity of the images. If both are manifestations of Bacchus, then this moneyer apparently really liked to have a good time and wanted his future constituents to know it.2 commentsPMah

Cr 494/36 C. Vibius Varus AR Denarius 42 b.c.e. Rome

o: Head of young Bacchus, wearing wreath of ivy and grapes, hair collected into a knot behind, one lock and fillet of wreath falling down his neck
r: Panther springing left toward garlanded altar surmounted by bacchic mask and thyrsus; C • VIBIVS in exergue, VARVS upward to right.

HCRI 192; Vibia 24
18mm, 4.02 gm, 6h

One of the more active and creative reverses among many in the late Republic, the panther and thyrsus are additional attributes of Bacchus. The specific ritual, if that is what is depicted, is not identified.

Among the group of moneyers who had the distinction of issuing a large variety of both gold and silver coins for the Second Triumvirate (see my Livineius, 494/29), Vibius also was permitted to issue personal family types, including this one, reflecting some themes on earlier coins of the Vibia gens. These personal types were soon to come to an end, as both Antonius and Octavian would soon take full control of the coinage in their spheres. Vibius fades into obscurity.

The particular attraction of this specimen, which is nice in many ways, is the very pleasing "cabinet" toning.
1 commentsPMah

Crawford 464/7, ROMAN IMPERATORIAL, T. Carisius, AR SestertiusRome, The Republic.
T. Carisius, 46 BCE.
AR Sestertius (0.65g; 12mm).
Rome Mint.

Obverse: [Mask of Silenus]; [T·]CARISI[VS] below.

Reverse: Panther advancing right with thyrsus; III VIR in exergue.

References: Crawford 464/7a; Sydenham 988 (R8); RBW 1620 (this coin); BMCRR 4076; Babelon, Carisia 12 (this coin illustrated inaccurately as Carisa 13); Borghesi, Oeuvres, Vol 1, Pl. 1, Fig 7 (this coin illustrated inaccurately); Riccio, Le Monete Delle Antiche Famiglie di Roma (2nd Ed., 1843), Carisia 9 and Pl. 54, Fig 2 (this coin cited and illustrated inaccurately); B. Borghesi, “Dodici sesterzj illustrati”, Giornale numismatico, No. IV, July 1808, pp. 52-57, extracted and republished in Borghesi 1862-4, vol. 1, pp. 29-38 (this coin described inaccurately).

Provenance: Ex STR collection; RBW Collection [NAC 63 (2012) Lot 395]; bought from W. Verres in Aug 2002; Sarti Collection [Hirsch VII (1903), Lot 1606]; Bartolomeo Borghesi (d. 1860) Collection, acquired before July 1808 (when it was described in the Borghesi article in Giornale numismatico).

An extremely rare coin with only 5 obverse and 4 or 5 reverse dies known to Crawford (Richard Schaefer identified 6 obverse dies in his Roman Republican Die Project). Crawford listed two obverse varieties – the first with inscription beside and below Silenus’ head (464/7a), and the second with inscription above Silenus’ head (464/7b) for which my coin was the basis. The misinterpretation of my coin by Borghesi, a famous 19th century collector with mediocre eyesight, and the subsequent reliance by cataloguers on the numismatic artist Dardel’s line drawing of the coin which followed Borghesi’s misinterpretation, resulted in the cataloguing of the second obverse variety by Babelon, Sydenham and Crawford. In fact, Borghesi was holding the obverse upside down and thought Silenus’ beard was the top of his head – an easy mistake to make with limited, 19th century numismatic aids and resources. My comparison of this coin to known dies for the type yielded a die match to the Berlin specimen (Crawford’s plate for 464/7a) which proved that the visible obverse device is actually Silenus’ beard, and thus the inscription runs beside and below and beard as per Crawford 464/7a. Recently, an example of the type was auctioned which bore an obverse inscription running over the top of Silenus’ head, providing plausible support to the Crawford 464/7b variety.

Prior researchers have alternately identified the obverse mask as either Silenus or Pan. See, Sear HCRI, no. 75 (Silenus); Crawford 464/7a and 464/7b (Pan); Banti 1981, Carisia 36-38 (Pan); BMCRR, no. 4076 (Pan); Babelon, Carisia 12 and 13 (Pan); Cohen, Carisia 9 (Silenus); Borghesi 1862-4, vol. 1, p. 32, n. 2 (Silenus); Riccio 1843, p. 46, Carisia 9 (Silenus). Silenus is typically identifiable as an old man with pug nose and some horse characteristics (notably, ears and tail), while Pan is recognized as part goat and part man. I believe that this coin actually depicts a Silenus.
3 commentsCarausius

Diadumenian (217 - 218 A.D.)AR Tetradrachm
CYRRHESTICA, Cyrrhus
O: AVT K M ΟΠЄ ANTΩNINOC, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right.
R: ΔHMAPX ЄΞ VΠATOC, eagle standing facing on filleted thyrsus, head left, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak.
13.16g
26mm
Prieur 923; Bellinger 127

Ex. Savoca Coins London, Monthly London Auction #4, Lot 643, 1/12/2020

Published on Wildwinds!4 commentsMat

dion001Elagabalus
Dionysopolis, Moesia Inferior

Obv: ANTⲰNƐINOC AVTO KAIC MAVP O; laureate draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from front.
Rev: ΔIOVCOΠƐITΩN (sic); Ɛ in right field. Dionysos standing left, holding thyrsus and pouring wine from kantharos to panther at his feet.
26 mm, 11.45 gms

Jekov 24; Varbanov 480 (as Caracalla); Auktionshaus H. D. Rauch GmbH, E-Auction 12, Lot 905.

From Savoca Coins 27th Blue Auction, lot 541.Charles M

EB0356 Apollo Vejovis / Cupid on goatMn Fonteius Cf Denarius. 85 BC.
Obv: Laureate head of Apollo Vejovis right, thunderbolt below, M FONTEI behind, symbol (CF?) below chin.
Rev: Cupid on goat right, caps of the Dioscuri above, thyrsus in ex.
References: Syd 724a, Cr353/1c.
Diameter: 20mm, Weight: 3.991 grams.EB

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 1076.1 commentsCharles M

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

Fonteia 9Fonteia 9 (85BC) moneyer Mn. Fonteius (brother of Crawford 347?)

Denarius
Ob:Laureate head of Apollo right below fulmen behind MN(ligate) âˆ™ FONTEI âˆ™ C âˆ™ F (NT(ligate) downwards before monogram for Apollo (?), border of dots
Rev: Cupid on goat right above pilei in exergue thyrsus around laurel wreath, border of dots

BMCRR I 2476

Sydenham 724a

Crawford 353/1a

Northumberland Tablet VII 21
obv note “…has been designated Apollo vejovius. But as Ovid alludes to his not having the fulmen till the conflict with the Titans, and as Eckhel produces a copy with EX before AP- and reads it ex argento publico- the meaning is uncertain.”
Rev note: “This has been called Cupid, but there is no attribute of bow or arrow, whence Havercamp is of the opinion that the thyrsus denotes Bacchus, while Eckhel thinks it is the Etruscan Vejovius himself- the goat being a sacrifice peculiar to him.
On the whole the device seems to elude to the native haunts of the moneyer, for the curetes who guarded the little Jupiter were the Dioscuri, whose pilei and myrtle are here seen, and who were worshipped at Tusculum with special honor. Moreover, although the thyrsus is certainly an attribute of Bacchus, the myrtle belongs to the twins, and they may therefore have been considered the Dii Penates of the gens.”

Crawford: Monogram under chin Apollo; reverse is clearly Dionysiac. Grueber and Sydenham believe that the monogram under obverse head is Roma not Apollo. Head also Vejovis with winged genius on reverse.

Ex: CNG ex: Harry Strickhausen (misattributed by CNG; monograph under chin faint, but legible) 19mm, 3.93g
2 commentsrennrad12020

Gaius Caligula, (37 â€“ 41 CE), Ã† City coin of Nysa-Scythopolis (Bet-Shean).Bronze of Caligula (37-41 CE), Minted in Nysa-Scythopolis (Bet-Shean). 20mm, 6 gm. Dated year Î“P, year 103 (39/40 AD).

Obverse: Î“AIOY 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

Gorgippia, 100-75 B.C. AE20, Head of Apollo right/ ΓΟΠΓΙΠΠΕΟΝ, thyrsus leaning ontripodBosporus, Gorgippia, 100-75 B.C. Bronze AE 20, SNG BM Black Sea 986, SGCV II 3621; Weber 4744, F, uneven reverse strike, Gorgippia mint, weight 6.898g, maximum diameter 21.0mm, die axis 0o, 100 - 75 B.C.; obverse laureate head of Apollo right; reverse ΓΟΠΓΙΠΠΕΟΝ, thyrsus leaning on left side of tripod, monogram lower right; scarce; Ex FORVMPodiceps

hhj8.26.08.07Elagabalus
Nicopolis

Obv: AV K M. AVP ANTΩNINOC, laureate draped cuirassed bust right, seen from rear.
Rev: NIKOΠOΛITΩN ΠPOC ICTPON, Dionysos standing left, naked except for boots, holding bunch of grapes in right hand and holding thyrsus with left hand.
18 mm, 2.38 gms

Hristova-Hoeft-Jekov 8.26.8.7Charles M

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

hj6.28.08.xxElagabalus and Julia Maesa
Marcianopolis

Obv: AVT[…]INOC AVÎ“ IOVÎ›IA MAICA AVÎ“, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus on left facing draped bust of Julia Maesa on right .
Rev: VÎ I(OV)Î› ANTCEÎ›EV KOV MAPKIANOÎ OÎ›I â†’T(Î©N), Dionysos standing left holding bunch of grapes in right hand and holding thyrsus adorned with bow in left arm. E in right field.
26 mm, 10.50 gms

Hristova-Jekov 6.28.8.xx (not in Hristova-Jekov), AMNG I 953.2, Moushmov 672Charles M

L. CASSIUSAR denarius. 78 BC. 3,91 grs. Head of Liber ,ivy wreathed , right, with thyrsus over left shoulder / Head of Libera left, wearing vine wreath. L.CASSI Q.F behind.
Craw 386/1. RSC Cassia 6.3 commentsbenito

L. Cassius Q.f. Longinus, denariusObv:– Head of Liber / Bacchus right, wearing ivy wreath; thyrsus over shoulder
Rev:– L CASSI Q F, head of Libera (Proserpina) left, wearing vine-wreath
Minted in Rome from . 75 B.C.
Reference:– SRCV I 317, Sydenham 779, Crawford 386/1, RSC I Cassia 6

20.99 mm. 3.96 g. 315 degrees.maridvnvm

L.CASSIUS Q.f. LONGINUSAR denarius. 78 BC. 3,91 grs. Head of Liber ,ivy wreathed , right, with thyrsus over left shoulder / Head of Libera left, wearing vine wreath. L.CASSI Q.F behind.
Craw 386/1. RSC Cassia 6.
benito

Laureate and draped bust rightPAPHLAGONIA. Amastris. Elagabalus. Æ 26. A.D. 218-222. Obv: AVTKMAPH(...). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right; countermark before bust. Rev: AMACTP-I-ANÎ©N. Dionysus standing left, holding thyrsus and cantharos; panther at his feet to left. Ref: BMC -. Axis: 265°. Weight: 10.24 g. CM: Laureate and draped bust right, in oval punch, 6.5 x 7.5 mm. Howgego 65 (?). Note: The attribution of the countermark to Howgego group 65 is uncertain, but considering where and when the coin was struck it seems logical. Collection Automan.Automan

Laureate bust rightCORINTHIA.Corinth.Julia Domna.Æ 24.A.D. 193-217. Obv: IVLIA-(DOMNAAVG) or sim. Draped bust right; countermark on shoulder. Rev: CLI-(COR). Dionysos standing left, holding thyrsus and cantharus, panther at his feet. Ref: BMC -; SNG Cop -. Axis: 90°. Weight: 5.57 g. CM: Laureate bust right, in oval punch, 4 x 5 mm. Howgego 56 (89 pcs). Note: Likely applied after circa A.D. 205. The vast majority of coins bearing this countermark are from Corinth. Collection Automan.Automan

Lydia, Philadelphia. Pseudo-autonomus AE22. Magistrate DOKIMOSTyche bust right. Dionysos standing left, holding cantharus and thyrsus; panther at his feet. Time of Septimius Severus.

PRO: LYDIA
PO : PHILADELPHEIA
PZ : Between 193 and 211
BNG: DOKIMOY
BTG: A
Obverse
VSG: P'ILADELP'IA
VT : HEAD WOMAN R / TYCHE
VA : TURRETED
Reverse
RSG: EPI DOKIMOY A
RT : MAN STANDING HL(1) / DIONYSOS(1) / ANIMAL LE / PANTHER
RA : NUDE / KANTHAROS(1) / THYRSOS(1)
Technical details
M : AE
GR : 21.59(1)
Bibliographical references
ZIT: BMC 16 S192,33(1)
Additional remarks
FR : VS: P'ILADELP'IA RS: EPI DOKIMOY A ancientone

Lydia, Philadelphia. AE14. Dionysos/Thyrsus1st century BC. AE14. Wreathed head of young Dionysos right / ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛ-ΦΕΩΝ , thyrsos. VF. SNG Cop. 341, BMC 17ancientone

LYDIA, SARDESPseudo-autonomous. Time of Trajan (98-117).
AE 16.3 mm, 2.43 g
O: CΑΡΔΙΑΝΩΝ. Bust of Dionysos right, wearing ivy wreath and with slight drapery.
R: СΤΡ ΛΟ ΙΟ ΛΙΒΩΝΙΑΝΟΥ. Filleted thyrsus; bee to right.
Lydia, Sardes. cf RPC III 2393 laney

LYDIA, SARDIS98-117 AD (time of Trajan, L. Julius Libonianus, strategos)
Pseudo-autonomous issue
Æ 15.5 mm, 2.43 g.
O: Head of Dionysus right, wearing ivy wreath
R: Filleted thyrsus; bee or fly to right.
Lydia, Sardis; Imhoof LS 13; SNG Copenhagen 508; BMC 75-6; RPC3 2393laney

Lydia, Sardis. Pseudo-autonomous. Time of Trajan (98-117).Obv: СΑΡΔΙΑΝΩΝ. Draped bust of Dionysus right, wearing ivy wreath.
Rev: СΤΡ ΛΟ ΙΟ ΛΙΒΩΝΙΑΝΟΥ. Filleted thyrsus; bee to right.
Ae. 2.3g 15.4mm
Libonianus, strategos.ancientone

Lydia, Tripolis. Æ22Obv: ΙƐΡΑ ΒΟΥΛΗ; laureate, veiled and draped bust of the Boule, r.
Rev: ΤΡΙΠΟΛƐΙΤΩΝ; Dionysus standing l., holding cantharus and thyrsusancientone

Macrinus , Nikopolis Moushmov 1241Obv: AVT K M OPEL CEV[H MAKPINOC],
laureate cuirassed bust right
Rev: VP CTA LONGINO[V NIKOPOLITWN PPOC] IC
Dionysos standing left, naked except for boots,
holding grapes & filleted thyrsus
27mm 11.1gmOWL365

Marc Antony & OctaviaObv. M ANTONIVS IMP COS DESIG ITER ET TERT
Conjoined heads right of. Marc Antony and Octavia, the Triumvir wearing ivy-wreath
Rev. III VIR on left and R P C on rigth
Dionysus standing left, holding cantharus and thyrsus, on cista mystica flanked by two interlaced snakes with heads erect

Cistophorus Ephesus summer - autumn 39 BC SEAR 263
Sydenham 1198 ,27mm 11,87g1 commentsPriscus

Marcus Antonius AR CistophorusBowcase flanked by two serpents, heads confronted, monogram above, serpent twined around thyrsus to right, Q to left.

Cista mystica with serpent, all within ivy wreath

Pergamum
Ca. 133-56 BC.

BMC Ionia 176 (under M. Antonius M.f.)

12.34 g

These "anonymous" issues were struck in Pergamum by Roman Quaestors between ca. 100-56 BC. They are called anonymous because the monograms are not easily identifiable. This issue is commonly attributed to be either Mark Antony or his brother Lucius Antony who both served as Quaestors in the east. However it is more likely that the Quaestor was in fact Marcus Antonius the orator who was Marcus and Lucius Grandfather. He served as Consul in 99 BC and as a Quaestor in Asia in 113/112 BC
1 commentsJay GT4

Mn Fonteius C.f. (RSC I Fonteia 9, Coin #761)RSC I Fonteia 9, AR Denarius, Rome, 85 BC
OBV: MN FONTEI C F; Laureate head of Vejovis right, thunderbolt below, Roma monogram below chin.
REV: Cupid seated on goat right, caps of the Dioscuri above, thyrsus of Bacchus in exergue, all within laurel wreath.
SIZE: 20.0mm, 3.82gMaynardGee

MN Fonteius C.F. DenariusMn Fonteius C.F.
C. 85 BC
22.4mm 3.813gm
Rome mint
Ob: Mn FONTEI C F (MN and NT monogram)
Laureate head of Vejov right, thunderbolt below,
Roma monogram below chin
Rev: Cupid seated on goat right, caps of the Dioscuri above,
thyrsus of Bacchus in ex, all within laurel wreath
RSC l Fonteia 9, Sydenham 724,
BMCRR 2476, Crawford 353/1a,
SRCV l 271sean c2

Mn. Fonteius C.f. - AR denariusRome
¹²85 BC
laureate head of Vejovis right, thunderbold below
(MN)·FO(NT)EI C·F
(ROMA)
Cupid seated on goat right, caps of the Dioscuri above, thyrsus of Bacchus in exergue, all within laurel wreath
¹Crawford 353/1a, RSC I Fonteia 9, Sydenham 724, BMCRR 2476, SRCV I 271
²Mark Passehl - Roman moneyer & coin type chronology, 150 – 50 BC
4,0g 21mm
ex Gitbud and Naumann

Reverse probably depicts sculpture which stood near the temple of Vejovis on Capitol.
In spring, goats were sacrificed to Vejovis to avert plagues.J. B.

Mn. Fonteius Cf - Fonteia-10ROMAN REPUBLIC Mn Fonteius Cf 85 BC Denarius (3.86 gm). Laureate head of Apollo Vejovis right, thunderbolt below, M FONTEI behind, CF below chin / Cupid on goat right, caps of the Dioscuri above, thyrsus in ex. Syd 724a, Cr353/1c, RCV 7213 commentsBud Stewart

Mn. Fonteius, Crawford 353/1dMn. Fonteius, gens Fonteia
AR - denar, 4.05g
Rome 85 BC
obv. Head of Apollo Vejovis, laureate, r.
MN FONTEI behind (MN ligate)
CF below chin, [thunderbolt below]
rev. Infant winged Genius riding goat right, caps of the Dioscouri surmounted by
stars to ight and left, thyrsus below, all within laurel wreath.
Crawford 353/1d; Sydenham 724b; Fonteia 11
about EF

The reverse of this coin imitates a statue in the temple of Vejovis in Rome, with Genius riding the goat Amalthea. Jupiter was suckled by Amalthea on Mount Ida, and her horns gave rise to the cornucopiae.
Jochen

N153Roman Provincial Coin. AE31 of Tranquillina. Tarsus Mint. AD 241-244. OBV: Diademed and draped bust of Tranquillina right on crescent / ϹΑΒƐΙΝƐΙΑΝ ΤΡΑΝΚΥΙΛΛƐΙΝΑΝ ϹƐ. REV: Dionysus standing left, holding cantharus over panther and thyrsus / ΤΑΡϹΟΥ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛƐΩϹ Α Μ Κ; Γ Β. RPC VII.2 3146; SNG von Aulock 6056; BMC 292.

From the inventory of a European dealer
Roma Numismatics E-Sale 97 (26 May 2022), Lot 794
Roma Numismatics E-Sale 113 (28 September 2023), Lot 595
Sebastian H2

N174Roman Provincial Coin. AE24 of Aphrodisias (under Septimius Severus). Tiberius Claudius Zenon, magistrate. AD 193-211. OBV: Laureate and draped bust of Demos right / ΔHMOC. REV: Dionysos standing left, holding kantharos and cradling thyrsus, with panther to left / TI K ZHNΩN AΦPΟΔICIЄ. MacDonald type 105; SNG Copenhagen 110; cf. Leake NH, p. 144 (for magistrate).

From the inventory of a European dealer
Roma Numismatics E-Sale 97 (26 May 2022), Lot 794
Roma Numismatics E-Sale 113 (28 September 2023), Lot 595Sebastian H2

Nero - Augusta67-68 AD
laureate head right
ΝΕΡΩΝ__ΚΑΙΣΑΡ
bust of Dionysos right, thyrsus over shoulder; cantharus to the left
ΑΥΓΟΥΣΤΑΝΩΝ ΕΤΟΥΣ ΗΜ
RPC I, 4012; BMC 5, Karbach 40–46
9,0g 25mm
ex Aquila fiveJ. B.

nysaspijk043Elagabalus
Nysa-Scythopolis

Obv: AVT K M AV ANT...; Laureate draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind.
Rev: ...ΘO...; Dionysus, nude, advancing right, holding inverted thyrsus and small figure with upraised hands by hair; to lower left, panther seated left, raising paw.
22 mm, 10.00 gms

Spijkerman 43; Rosenberger 45; Sofaer 40Charles M

PerinthosObv.: AVTOK NP TPAINOC CEBA ΓP Δ
Laur. r.
Rev.: ΠEPINΘIΩN
Dionysus standing left, holding filleted thyrsus and pouring cantharus over lighted altar to left.

SNG Copenhagen 736
6.72g, 20mmklausklage

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