Ancients => Dionysos, with a big jug of wine and a travellin' mug!!

=> well, I'm gonna give ya the other half for a sec ... she's sassy (man, that chick oozes sex!!)

 

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Hey, thanks for the coin comments ... oh, and thanks "a lot" for you coin-buds that manned-up and actually posted a couple of examples (I always love touching-base and comparing coins and seeing all of the other examples, better and worse => they're all fricken awesome!!)



you guys rock!!

 

oh, but I still have a couple of coin-options (but only if you're the type of coin-dude that wants to thumb-through their "stuff" and find some linked-examples)

=> yah, I'm totally that guy!! (I love trying to find a link back to your coin posts!!)

... anyway ...

Ummm, I checked-out my OP-coin and I tried to figure-out a couple more coin-avenues that haven't been tapped in this thread ...

a) post your "hemidrachms" (man, you dudes don't seem to have too many!!)



b) post your "Dionysos" examples (The God o' Wine!!)



c) ummm, or maybe as simple as "Coins with Ivy" ....


=> anybody game for a coin-challenge? (figure-out your own coin-angle from my sweet OP-example)


Side-note => I betcha Doug doesn't have any "Ivy coins"

 

Okay fine ... I'll go first ...

=> "b) post your Dionysos"

Lycia Phaselis revision of Alex III of Macedon
221-188 BC
Heracles & Dionysos w. Anchor c/m





Dionysian Tetradrachm of Maroneia
168-148 BC
Dionysos & Dionysos




=> hey, I love you guys ... this is supposed to be "fun" (if it's not fun, I get it)

... again => you dudes rock (thanks for the coin-time, my friends)

Cheers

 

Dionysos on a coin of Prusias II Cynegus, Kingdom of Bithynia. Centaur Chiron bonus on reverse.


Dionysos wrestling Hercules (wine god is the one on the right in front of the thyrsus) on an Elagabalus bronze from Laodicea.

 

Well played, Z-bro (I knew that I could count on you, my awesome coin-comrade)

... Bing on the other hand ...

 

He probably just dozed off

 

Okay . The first three are hemidrachms from Olympia in Elis. In order, they are issues from the 87th, 95th, and 107th-108th Olympiads.





Two hemidrachms from Argos, Argolis:



A hemidrachm from The Oitaoi of Thessaly with a long and distinguished pedigree:
Ex Bill Dalzell (Ardatirion), March 2015
Ex BCD Collection (Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 290), lot 57
Ex Peus 384 (2 November 2005), lot 199
Ex Vinchon (20 May 1959), lot 483
Ex M. Ratto 11 (16 May 1935), lot 239
Ex R. Ratto (4 April 1927), lot 1023
Ex Naville-Ars Classica V (18 June 1923), lot 1764


With a nod to Ancientnoob, a hemidrachm from the Kingdom of Peris, Vadfradad II:


A very rare but rather crappy (therefore "affordable") hemidrachm from Barke, Kyrenaica featuring the extinct Silphium plant:


A couple of somewhat questionable hemidrachms from Chersonesos, Thrace:

 

Cheating a bit... here's an adorable coin of Dionysos I


Sicily, Syracuse. Dionysos I
390 BCE
Æ tetras, 14 mm, 1.8 gm
Obv: head of nymph facing slightly left, wearing necklace
Rev: octopus
Ref: CNS 29; SNG ANS 385

 

Sorry, I just closed my eyes for a moment...





MARONEIA, THRACE
AE24
OBVERSE: Wreathed head of Dionysos right
REVERSE: Dionysos standing naked, holding bunch of grapes and two narthex wands, monogram to lower left, Greek legend DIONYSOU SOTIROS MARONITON ("of Dionysos, saviour of the Maroneans")
Struck at Maroneia 148 BC
10.94g, 24mm
Sear 1638

 

I seem to be lacking in greenery but here's a coin with some ivy, featuring a rather sinister-looking Silenus:


MACEDON, under Roman rule
D. Junius Silanus Manlianus, praetor
142-141 BCE
AE, 20 x 22 mm, 9.5 gm
Obv: Facing mask of Silenus, wearing ivy wreath
Rev: MAKE ΔONΩN legend In two lines; D above; all within ivy wreath
Ref: SNG Copenhagen 1324

 

AMISOS, PONTOS
AE 20
OBVERSE: Head of youthful Dionysos right, wreathed with ivy
REVERSE: Thyrsos leaning against cista mystica draped with panther skin; AMISOU below
Struck at Amisos 85-65 BC
8.8g, 21mm
SNG BM Black Sea 1199-1200; HGC 7, 243

 

wow!! => man, what a great fricken back-up band!!



Sweet stevex6 and the three-dawg-hemi-drachm-go-to-band!!

okay, fine .... I admit we need to work on the name a bit ...

Ancient TIF and The Bing-bangers!!!?

ZZ-Bro and the Ivy Boyz (featuring TIF)

... gawd, they're all weak ...

Okay fine => first, we'll post some more coins!!

You guys are awesome (thanks)

 

Wow... well now that I'm a lead singer, I feel that I need to step up . How about a hemidrachm with ivy on it?


PHLIASIA, Phlious
Circa 280 - 270 BC
AR Hemidrachm
2.37g, 15mm
BCD Peloponnesos 143.6, Sear 2756, SNG Copenhagen 11.
O: Bull butting left.
R: Large phi within ivy wreath.
Ex BCD Collection
Ex Pegasi XXIX, 6 Nov 2013

 

Ruh roh, Steve used "uber"! We's in trouble...

Seriously late to this one eh? Nice piece all!

 

Ummmm? .... Ivy and/or "wreaths" (I'm not 100% sure what they're actually made outta?)

 

I forgot what coin you posted, looks like in unleashed the hounds in this thread, very cool new coin my friend!!
Had coin club last night, my Ancient dealer didn't show last night , so i bought a few other goodies.