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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 3063021, member: 75937&quot;]That coin is from Apameia, and features the head of Dionysus right, wearing ivy wreath on the obverse with a countermark of Tyche within an incuse circle. The reverse reads ΛΠΑΜΕΩΝ / ΤΗΣ&nbsp; ΙΕΡΑΣ / ΚΑΙ AΣYΛOY and depicts the thyrsos of Dionysus tied with ribbons. These coins are typically dated on the reverse, but the date here is illegible. They were struck from 30-17 B.C. Compare RPC I, 4347-4352; Handbook of Greek Coinage Series: Volume 9, 1425.</p><p><br /></p><p>In a famous painting by Bouguereau, <a href="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e9/William-Adolphe_Bouguereau_%281825-1905%29_-_Mailice_%281899%29.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e9/William-Adolphe_Bouguereau_%281825-1905%29_-_Mailice_%281899%29.jpg" rel="nofollow">&quot;Mailice,&quot;</a> a Bacchante holds a thyrsos tied with ribbons.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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