Coin Depicting Bust of Dionysos
3rd century CE
Bronze
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FROM THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO’S CATALOG
The front (obverse) of this coin depicts a bust of young Dionysos facing right, and wearing an ivy-wreath. On the back (reverse) is a lyre, a stringed instrument like a small harp. 6mm, Autonomous issue; 3rd Cent. AD. no legend, head of youthful Dionysos right, wreathed with ivy or vine leaves / (from top right) ΠEΡINΘIΩN, lyre with four strings. BMC 7.
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