Sicily, Naxos




Drachm

Head of Dionysos right, Silenos and tail on the reverse

Reference :
Weight: 6.61 grs
Metal: Silver
Diameter: 21.00 mm
Scarcity: Common

Obverse

Reverse

Bust

Anepigraph

Head of Dionysos on the right, wearing tainia decorated with a branch of ivy.

N - A - XI - ON

Silenos sitting cross-legged, holding a kantharos with his right hand and resting his left arm on his knee, a tail behinf him. The letter N behind him, A in front of him, XI in front of his face and ON behind him.

Picture of type

Photos from coin sold as modern fake by London Ancient Coins, link to the sale: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=3221411, link to their website: https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/london_ancient_coins-89/ancient-coins/Default.aspx?#!/Home.

Imitation of a Tetradrachm struck towards the middle of the 5th century before Jesus-Christ (461 / 430), reference: HGC 2, 990. Informations of weight and diameter, die axis: 12h, from London Ancient Coins.