File:Greek Silver Drachm of Naxos (Sicily), with Languid Drunken Silenos on the Reverse.jpg
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[edit]DescriptionGreek Silver Drachm of Naxos (Sicily), with Languid Drunken Silenos on the Reverse.jpg |
English: Coin of Naxos. Circa 461-430 BC. Drachm (Silver, 4.26 g 5), circa 450. Head of Dionysos to right, wearing ivy wreath and with his hair in a bun at the back. Rev. N A CI ON Nude and bearded Silenos squatting, facing, turned very slightly to the left, turning his head to the left towards the two-handled, stemless drinking cup he holds in his right hand, and supporting himself with his left hand propped on the ground; his animal tail curls out behind him and around to the left. Cahn 56.12 (this coin). Rizzo pl. XXVIII, 14. Rare. Nicely toned and with a particularly noble head of a fully early classical Dionysos. With the beginning of the usual die break on the obverse, otherwise, extremely fine. From the Spina collection, ex Leu 81, 16 May 2001, 90 and from the collections of N. B. Hunt, II, Sotheby’s 21 June 1990, 240, S. Weintraub, R. Peyrefitte, Vinchon 29 April 1974, 23, and O. Bloch, Ars Classica XIII, 27 June 1928, 239. . |
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