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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 3222023, member: 75937&quot;]A new acquisition. I have always wanted a coin with this reverse type because the god&#039;s panther is cool!</p><p><br /></p><p>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. </p><p><br /></p><p>Show off your Dionysus coins or anything you deem relevant! </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]839042[/ATTACH] </p><p>Julia Domna, AD 193-217.</p><p>Roman provincial Æ tetrassarion, 13.76 g, 26 mm.</p><p>Moesia Inferior, Nicopolis ad Istrum; Legate Aurelius Gallus, AD 201-204.</p><p>Obv: ΙΟVΛΙΑ ΔΟ-ΜΝΑ CΕΒΑ, bare-headed and draped bust, right.</p><p>Rev: VΠ ΑVΡ ΓΑΛΛΟV-ΝΙΚΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ | ΠΡΟC ΙCΤΡΟ, Dionysos standing left,</p><p>naked except for boots, holding bunch of grapes and thyrsos, panther at foot left.</p><p>Refs: AMNG I 1456; Varbanov 2897; H&amp;J, <i>Nikopolis</i> 8.17.8.1 corr. (rev. legend); Mionnet Sup. 2, p. 134, 457 and pl. III, no 6.</p><p><br /></p><p>Notes: Die match to Künker Auction 193, <a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1089986" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1089986" rel="nofollow">lot 844</a>, September 26, 2011:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]839056[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>For an idealized rendering of the reverse, here&#039;s the plate from <i><a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=cuzh_HoxYHwC&amp;pg=PP7#v=onepage&amp;q&amp;f=false" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://books.google.com/books?id=cuzh_HoxYHwC&amp;pg=PP7#v=onepage&amp;q&amp;f=false" rel="nofollow">Mionnet Sup. 2</a></i>:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]839058[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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