Beautiful coins, @Barry Murphy, and an interesting design! Dionysus riding backwards on a donkey! I'm used to him riding forwards on a panther! Faustina II, AD 147-175. Roman provincial triassarion, 6.34 g, 23.4 mm, 7 h. Thrace, Pautalia, AD 161-175. Obv: ΦΑVCΤΕΙΝ-Α CΕΒΑCΤΗ, draped bust of Faustina II, right; band of pearls around head. Rev: ΟVΛΠΙΑC-ΠΑVΤΑΛΙ-ΑC, Dionysus seated on panther walking, r., resting r. arm on panther, holding thyrsus. Refs: RPC IV 8811; Ruzicka 99. Notes: Double die match to RPC IV 8811(4) = Ruzicka 99(4) = Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum 8775.
I think the local legion acting as police would dislike a drunken rider. Think about all the horse-accidents! I personally prefer the leftmost because of the pretty nice flan, with great style. The rightmost also has really nice style. I like that he's facing leftward to prove he's not looking at the road
That's the nice thing about horses, they drive themselves. One of the arguments in support of horses during the advent of automobiles was that cars couldn't take you home when you were hammered!
