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Drachm of Naxos with head of Dionysos
Greek
Archaic Period
about 530–510 B.C.
Mint: Sicily, Naxos
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 24 mm. Weight: 5.47 gm.
Credit Line
Catharine Page Perkins Fund
Accession Number00.104
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 0300.
DescriptionObverse: Head of Dionysos to left, with pointed beard; long hair, bound with ivy-wreath, and border of dots at bottom of neck. Hair of beard dotted and reticulated, hair of head dotted.
Border of dots, between plain borders.
Die break across beard and neck.
Reverse: Bunch of grapes between two vine-leaves.
Inscription in Greek.
Border of dots within two plain borders.
Border of dots, between plain borders.
Die break across beard and neck.
Reverse: Bunch of grapes between two vine-leaves.
Inscription in Greek.
Border of dots within two plain borders.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: with Edward Perry Warren; 1900: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren