A new acquisition. I have always wanted a coin with this reverse type because the god's panther is cool! Dionysos (Bacchus to the Romans) was the god of wine, festivities, and ecstasy. He was the son of Zeus and the mortal Semele. He is often depicted feminine in appearance and holds a thyrus, wine jug or cup, or grapes, and is often accompanied by a panther. Show off your Dionysus coins or anything you deem relevant! Julia Domna, AD 193-217. Roman provincial Æ tetrassarion, 13.76 g, 26 mm. Moesia Inferior, Nicopolis ad Istrum; Legate Aurelius Gallus, AD 201-204. Obv: ΙΟVΛΙΑ ΔΟ-ΜΝΑ CΕΒΑ, bare-headed and draped bust, right. Rev: VΠ ΑVΡ ΓΑΛΛΟV-ΝΙΚΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ | ΠΡΟC ΙCΤΡΟ, Dionysos standing left, naked except for boots, holding bunch of grapes and thyrsos, panther at foot left. Refs: AMNG I 1456; Varbanov 2897; H&J, Nikopolis 8.17.8.1 corr. (rev. legend); Mionnet Sup. 2, p. 134, 457 and pl. III, no 6. Notes: Die match to Künker Auction 193, lot 844, September 26, 2011: For an idealized rendering of the reverse, here's the plate from Mionnet Sup. 2:
Nice score, with a very playful looking panther. HERENNIA ETRUSCILLA AE30. 11.15g, 29.8mm. CILICIA, Tarsus, AD 249-251. RPC 1371. O: EPEΝΝΙΑΝ ΑΙΤΡΟΥϹΚΙΛΛΑΝ ϹƐ, draped bust right, wearing stephane, crescent behind shoulders. R: ΤΑΡϹΟV - ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛƐΩϹ around, Α / Μ / Κ - Γ / Β in field, Dionysus standing left, holding cantharus over panther and thyrsus. And when Dionysos wasn't looking... ELAGABALUS Rare. AE27. 12.24g, 26.9mm. MOESIA INFERIOR, Nicopolis ad Istrum, circa 218-222. Novius Rufus, legate. Varbanov 3949 (same dies); AMNG 1933 corr. (2 specimens). O: AVT M AVP ANTΩ[NINOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right. R: VΠ NOBIOV POVΦOV NIKOΠOΛITΩN ΠPO around, C ICTPΩ in exergue, Pan, with goats horns and legs, standing left, draped in nebris (fawn-skin), fawn hooves hanging from left arm, holding lagobolon (rabbit-bashing stick) in right hand, placing left hoof on the chest of submissive panther which is lying on its back on the ground and raising its head. Ex Dr. Rainer Pudill Collection, purchased from Majestic, Großostheim, on 24 Sep 1997
This thread needs a bump, so I'll post my maybe-Dionysus portrait (on the reverse): Lesbos, Mytilene, c. 454-427 BC, electrum hekte (Could be a river god, though.)
