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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;stevex6, post: 2404048, member: 44183&quot;]<span style="color: #0000ff">Wow Paul-M =&gt; that&#039;s a total OP-winner (congrats)</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">Ummm, I don&#039;t have the exact same reverse, but I have the double Dionysos version =&gt; obverse &amp; reverse has this wine-drinkin&#039; dude!!</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><b><span style="color: #ff0000"> Dionysian of Maroneia, AR Tetradrachm</span></b></p><p>Dionysos &amp; Dionysos</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]495868[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]495867[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]495869[/ATTACH]</p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">... yah, it&#039;s a wee bit over-cleaned, but still a cool enough example, eh?</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">=&gt; a very pretty face for a &quot;dude&quot; ... funny how Dionysos was often portrayed as a wee bit female (interesting)</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Dionysos_Louvre_Ma87_n2.jpg/220px-Dionysos_Louvre_Ma87_n2.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">But whether he was portrayed as feminine or masculine =&gt; he was always packin&#039; the wine!! (yup, good ol&#039; Baachus)</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><img src="http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/greekmythology/images/1/1f/Dionysos1.jpg/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/300?cb=20131208091249" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><a href="http://www.greek-gods.info/greek-gods/dionysus/dionysus-pictures.php#dionysus-paintings" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.greek-gods.info/greek-gods/dionysus/dionysus-pictures.php#dionysus-paintings" rel="nofollow">http://www.greek-gods.info/greek-gods/dionysus/dionysus-pictures.php#dionysus-paintings</a></span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">Here is baby Dionysos ... awww, how cute ...</span></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.greek-gods.info/greek-gods/dionysus/images/drinking-bacchus-reni.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">[ATTACH=full]495950[/ATTACH] </span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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