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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 3541969, member: 57495&quot;]As usual, great writeup, Jochen.&nbsp; I find these types fascinating.&nbsp; Mine, like [USER=95247]@tenbobbit[/USER]&#039;s, is from Nicaea, but a Julia Domna.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]941496[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>JULIA DOMNA</b></p><p>AE16. 2.6g, 15.7mm. Bithynia, Nicaea, circa AD 193-217. RecGen 371. O: IOVΛIA CEBACTH, draped bust right. R: NIKAIEΩN, Infant Dionysos reclining right on <i>liknon</i> (winnowing basket), arms raised; thyrsos behind.</p><p><br /></p><p>This next one from the same city doesn&#039;t have Infant Dionysos, but I think the iconography, with a mask of Silenos placed within the <i>liknon</i>, clearly associates it with the Dionysian Mysteries.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]941501[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>COMMODUS</b></p><p>AE Hemiassarion. 3.13g, 17.1mm. BITHYNIA, Nicaea, circa AD 177-192. RPC online 6024 (4 specimens). O: [ΑYΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ] ΚΟΜ ΑΝΤωΝ, laureate head right. R: ΝΙΚΑΙЄΩΝ, Mask of Silenos in profile, back-section within a <i>liknon </i>(winnowing-basket).</p><p><br /></p><p>From another Villa of the Mysteries frieze, a Silenos mask being held up by an attendant at a cult initiation.&nbsp; The young initiate shown staring into a mirroring bowl would have seen a reflection of the aged face of Silenos behind his own.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]941505[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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