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<p>[QUOTE="Factor, post: 3550200, member: 96413"]Very interesting analysis, thank you! I tend to agree with Haim Gitler, it does look like Anthesteria. This tradition was existing in the area, for example beautiful mosaics depicting it was found in Sepphoris nearby. Cult of Dionysus was very strong in Nysa, as we see from its coinage. Moreover, recently Yoav Farhi suggested to reattribute to Nysa all tetradrachms currently associated with Aelia Capitolina. All of them are bearing Dionysus attributes, such as grapes, grape leafs or amphora. Actually very same differents are found on later Nysa coins of Gordian III, in addition to palm branch. In Aelia cult of Dionysus was never that important, at least not dominant as in Nysa.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Factor, post: 3550200, member: 96413"]Very interesting analysis, thank you! I tend to agree with Haim Gitler, it does look like Anthesteria. This tradition was existing in the area, for example beautiful mosaics depicting it was found in Sepphoris nearby. Cult of Dionysus was very strong in Nysa, as we see from its coinage. Moreover, recently Yoav Farhi suggested to reattribute to Nysa all tetradrachms currently associated with Aelia Capitolina. All of them are bearing Dionysus attributes, such as grapes, grape leafs or amphora. Actually very same differents are found on later Nysa coins of Gordian III, in addition to palm branch. In Aelia cult of Dionysus was never that important, at least not dominant as in Nysa.[/QUOTE]
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