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Drachm of Naxos with head of Dionysos
Greek
Classical Period
461–430 B.C.
Mint: Sicily, Naxos
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 18 mm. Weight: 4.30 gm.
Credit Line
Anonymous gift
Accession Number06.2376
CollectionsEurope, Ancient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 0304.
DescriptionObverse: Head of Dionysos right, bearded, ivy wreath in hair.
Hair in back in knot and tied with taenia.
Border of dots, with beard projecting beyond.
Reverse: Bearded Seilenos seated on ground holding kantharos to his mouth with right hand, resting left hand on knee.
Inscription in Greek around.
Hair in back in knot and tied with taenia.
Border of dots, with beard projecting beyond.
Reverse: Bearded Seilenos seated on ground holding kantharos to his mouth with right hand, resting left hand on knee.
Inscription in Greek around.
ProvenanceOctober 27, 1902: Hess Sale Catalogue, pl. iv, 619 (according to Regling); by date unknown: with Edward Perry Warren (according to his records: from the sale of the Berlin cabinet); Anonymous Private Collection; Anonymous gift to MFA, May 10, 1906