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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Spaniard, post: 4861194, member: 90248&quot;]Numero Ocho.....8</p><p>Fell for the portrait on this one...What more can I say!?..The reverse is offset but still has nice detail and shows the Thyrsos which I liked..See below..</p><p><br /></p><p><b>DIONYSOS....</b></p><p>He was the son of Zeus (As I said before this guy got around and obviously forgot!) AND.. ?...I&#039;m gonna stick with......Hmmmmm................................... &#039;Semele&#039; who was the youngest daughter of the Phoenician hero Cadmus and Harmonia...They&#039;ve got the same colour eyes..<img src="https://www.coincommunity.com/forum/images/icon_smile_big.gif" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />.....</p><p>There are other claiments of course such as Demeter, Persephone, Ammon and Amaltheia.</p><p><br /></p><p>He was God of the vine, grape-harvest, wine-making, wine (Oh yes), fertility (Sounds good!), ritual madness (Ooh! I like this one!), religious ecstasy (not so much), and theatre (I love a good play)...A guy after my own heart..Wine, ritual madness and theatre <img src="https://www.coincommunity.com/forum/images/icon_smile_cool.gif" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />!... Maybe just skip the &#039;religious ecstacy&#039; as I wouldn&#039;t want to start a war!)</p><p><br /></p><p>Symbols associated to him..Thyrsus, grapevine, bull, panther, ivy, goat, masks (<b>What back then aswell!</b>) and the chalice....</p><p><br /></p><p>The Thyrsos (Thyrsus), which is depicted on the reverse of the OP coin, was a wand or staff of giant fennel carried by Dionysus (Bacchus) and his associates; topped by a pine cone or a bunch of ivy leaves and wreathed with tendrils of vine or ivy. It was a symbol of the immortality of his believers.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Roman equivalent god was Bacchus.</p><p><br /></p><p>The coin was minted in Amisos, modern day Samsun in Turkey, under the legendary ruler Mithradates VI. King of Pontus in northern Anatolia from 120-63 BC he expanded the kingdom greatly and even gave Rome a run for its money in the Mithradatic wars.</p><p>Here&#039;s the coin...</p><p>Pontos, Amisos. temp. Mithradates VI, c. 105-85 or 85-65 BC. Æ (16mm, 3.98g, 12h). Struck under Mithradates VI.</p><p>Obverse..Ivy wreathed head of Dionysos right.</p><p>Reverse..Filleted thyrsos, bell attached with fillet, AMI-ΣOY flanking across field, monogram lower right.</p><p>Mint..Amisos (Samsun, Turkey)</p><p>SNG Black Sea 1192-5; HGC 7, 251. Good VF</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1173999[/ATTACH] </p><p>Reverse legend...Anyone have an idea as to the Monogram?</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1174001[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s the set so far....<b>Please feel free to post your coins depicting DOINYSOS....</b></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1173996[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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