Roman Collector Posted February 13 · Patron Share Posted February 13 Mike Markowitz has published a nice article in CoinWeek about the God of Wine - Dionysus. Here are some illustrations from the article. And one from my collection. Phrygia, Eumeneia, c. 133-130 BC. Greek Æ 21.1 mm, 6.66 g, 1 h. Menekrates, son of Askle-, magistrate. Obv: Head of young Dionysus wreathed with ivy, right. Rev: Tripod-lebes with three handles surmounted by flat cover fringed with spikes, star above and on either side; to right, EYMENE and filleted laurel branch (thyrsus?); to left, MENEKΡA/AΣKΛH and labrys (double axe) with serpent-entwined handle. Refs: BMC 25.212,14; SNG Copenhagen 382; SNG Tübingen 4008; Paris 1095; Mionnet IV, 563; SNG Oxford 1024-1025; Lindgren I 950; Istanbul 14718; Afyon 2973. Let's see your coins of Dionysus! 16 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanxi Posted February 13 · Supporter Share Posted February 13 Here is one example: LYDIA. 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) 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambr0zie Posted February 13 · Member Share Posted February 13 One Dionysus portrait in my collection CILICIA, Nagidos(ca 400-380 BC) AR Obol Head of Aphrodite facing slightly right; [N] to left Rev: Wreathed head of young Dionysos facing slightly left; [N] to left. Göktürk 2; SNG France –; SNG Levante 6. 0,56 g, 11 mm 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kapphnwn Posted February 13 · Supporter Share Posted February 13 Ar Stater of Nagidos circca 380 BC Obv Head of Dionysos right wreathed in ivy. Rv Head of Aphrodite right. Sng Levsnte 2 11.14 grms 20 mm Photo by W. Hansen I am really impressed with this image of Dionysos 9 1 2 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ursus Posted February 13 · Supporter Share Posted February 13 A small and somewhat worn bronze with a Dionysos portrait from Cappadocia, just before it was incorporated into the Roman Empire: Kingdom of Cappadocia, under Archelaus, Æ18, 24/23 BC (?), Eusebeia mint. Obv: Head Dionysos right, wearing ivy wreath. Rev: EVΣΕ – ΒΕΙΑΣ, eagle over Mount Argaios. 18mm, 5.02g. Ref: RPC I, 3610. 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaniard Posted February 13 · Supporter Share Posted February 13 Wow beautiful coins in the article! I've always liked this youthful interpretation from my collection.. Pontos, Amisos. temp. Mithradates VI, c. 105-85 or 85-65 BC. Æ (16mm, 3.98g, 12h). Struck under Mithradates VI. Obverse..Ivy wreathed head of Dionysos right. Reverse..Filleted thyrsos, bell attached with fillet, AMI-ΣOY flanking across field, monogram lower right. Mint..Amisos (Samsun, Turkey) SNG Black Sea 1192-5; HGC 7, 251. Good VF Also have two coin reverses of Antoninus Pius from Philippopolis both showing Dionysos holding Thyrsos one with panther. 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor kirispupis Posted February 13 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted February 13 Aiolis. Autokane AE 10 mm, 1,36 g Laureate head of Zeus right AYTOKA[..], head of Dionysos right SNG Ashmolean 1259. Ex Savoca Troas, Lamponeia 4th century BCE AE 13mm 1.89g Obv: head of Dionysos right, wearing ivy wreath Rev: ΛΑΜ, Facing bull's head; kantharos above SNG Copenhagen 445 Ex Vossen Kings of Bithynia. Prusias II AE Unit 20.5mm 6.41g 12h c. 180-150 BCE Laffaille430 var. - Cop.- - Aulock6886 var. - RG.26 - BMC.- - HGCS. 7/629 0avers : Buste imberbe, juvénile et drapé de Dionysos (Bacchus) à droite, couronné de feuilles de vigne. 0revers : Le Centaure Chiron à droite, la tête de face, jouant de la lyre, sa tunique flottant derrière. Ex CGB 9 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor DonnaML Posted February 13 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted February 13 The only coin I have specifically depicting Dionysos -- not counting the tiny figure on the reverse of my Tralleis cistophorus -- shows him in his youthful manifestation, as most of the later portrayals appear to do. Out of the more than 400 ancient coins I own, it's the only one for which my description cites a catalog reference as old as Mionnet back in 1809: Lydia, Philadelphia, AE 17, Late 2nd/Early 1st Centuries BCE, Hermippos, son of Hermogenes,* archiereus [magistrate]. Obv. Head of young Dionysos right, wearing ivy-wreath and band across forehead, [Φ]ΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΕ[ΩΝ] vertically behind / Rev. Spotted pantheress [leopard] walking left, with head turned back to right, cradling thyrsos bound with fillet (ribbon) against left shoulder, right foreleg raised; ΑΡΧΙΕΡ-ΕΥΣ above, ΕΡΜΙΠΠΟΣ in exergue. Seaby II 4720 [Sear, D., Greek Coins and their Values, Vol. II, Asia & Africa (Seaby 1979), at p. 430 (ill.)]; BMC 22 Lydia 16 [Head, B.V. A Catalogue of Greek Coins in the British Museum, Lydia (London 1901) at p. 189]; SNG Von Aulock II 3057 [Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Deutschland, Sammlung Hans Von Aulock, Vol. 2: Caria, Lydia, Phrygia, Lycia, Pamphylia (Berlin 1962)]; SNG Copenhagen 340 [Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Copenhagen, The Royal Collection of Coins and Medals, Danish National Museum, Part 27, Lydia Part 1 (Copenhagen 1947)]; Imhoof-Blumer 8 [Imhoof-Blumer, Friedrich, Lydische Stadtmünzen, neue Untersuchungen (Leipzig 1897) at pp. 114-115]; Mionnet IV No. 536 [Mionnet, Théodore E., Description de Médailles antiques grecques et romaines, Vol. IV, Lydie (Paris 1809) at p. 98]. 17 mm., 5.02 g. [With old collector’s envelope.] Here, though, are a few equally youthful portrayals of his equivalent, Liber/Bacchus: 8 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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