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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 8052739, member: 57495&quot;]Since 2020, Nomos has been auctioning a huge collection (The Vineyard Collection) that seems to include any and every ancient coin related to Dionysos, grapes, and wine.&nbsp; Here&#039;s <a href="https://nomosag.com/default.aspx?page=ucAuction&amp;auctionid=20&amp;p=1&amp;s=&amp;ca=0&amp;co=1&amp;type=webauction" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://nomosag.com/default.aspx?page=ucAuction&amp;auctionid=20&amp;p=1&amp;s=&amp;ca=0&amp;co=1&amp;type=webauction" rel="nofollow">the link</a> to the first of those auctions.</p><p><br /></p><p>One of the ex Vineyard Collection coins I picked up is a Roman provincial from Pautalia with the reverse scene depicting a harvest of the city&#039;s abundance: gold, silver, grain, and wine.&nbsp; A small figure standing on the arm of the reclining nymph can be seen plucking grapes from a vine, with the legend just to its left (BOTPV) meaning grapes.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1394726[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>CARACALLA</b></p><p>AE29. 14.87g, 28.9mm. THRACE, Pautalia, AD 198-217. Varbanov 5174; Ruzicka 634. O: AVT K M AVPH ANTΩNINOC, laureate head right. R: VΛΠΙΑC ΠΑVΤΑΛΙΑ-C, Nymph reclining left, right hand resting on a galley, left arm resting on overturned urn from which water flows; behind and above, grapevine; in exergue, field of grain; above, child standing right plucking grapes from the vine, with the legend BOTPV (bunch of grapes) behind him; at the nymph&#039;s feet, a second child carrying a sack over his shoulder advancing to right, with the legend APΓY/POC (silver); in exergue, a third child standing right, picking grain ears, with the legend ΣΤΑΧV (grain ear); a fourth child seated to left behind vine, with arms extended, and with the legend XPYΣOΣ (gold).</p><p><i>Ex Vineyard Collection, acquired in March 2002</i></p><p><br /></p><p>They must also have liked their wine in the Macedonian city of Terone.&nbsp; Their coins often feature an <i>oinochoe</i>, or wine pitcher.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1394727[/ATTACH]<b>MACEDON, Terone</b></p><p>AR Tetrobol. 2.59g, 16.2mm. MACEDON, Teron, circa 490-460 BC. Hardwick Group II or III, pl. 29, 6; HGC 3.1, 709 (R2). O: Oinochoe, grapes hanging from neck. R: Quadripartite incuse square.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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