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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2409623, member: 56859&quot;]<b>Whoa!&nbsp; </b><i>Outstanding</i>, Mikey!</p><p><br /></p><p>I have no coins with Marsyas but in the same vein, here are a few coins with his grandfather (or other forebear), Silenus.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]497741[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>MACEDON, under Roman rule</b></p><p><b>D. Junius Silanus Manlianus, praetor</b></p><p>142-141 BCE</p><p>AE, 20 x 22 mm, 9.5 gm</p><p>Obv:&nbsp; Facing mask of Silenus, wearing ivy wreath</p><p>Rev: MAKE ΔONΩN legend In two lines; D above; all within ivy wreath</p><p>Ref: SNG Copenhagen 1324</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]497742[/ATTACH]&nbsp; <b>CORINTHIA, Corinth</b></p><p>345-307 BCE</p><p>AR stater, 8.65 gm</p><p>Obv Pegasus flying left, qoppa below</p><p>Rev: helmeted head of Athena left wearing necklace; head of Silenus behind</p><p>Ref: Ravel 1046. Calciati 408. Scarce variety</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/ionia-phokaia-elhekte-silenosmask-rt-jpg.486138/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>IONIA, Phokaia</b></p><p>EL hekte, 11 mm, 2.5 gm</p><p>c. 478-387BCE</p><p>Obv: head of young male left, wearing Silenus mask on top of head; to right, small seal downward</p><p>Rev: quadripartite incuse square.</p><p>Ref: Bodenstedt Em. 70; SNG von Aulock –; Boston MFA –; BMC 43</p><p><br /></p><p>The foster-father of Dionysus, Silenus was the rustic god of dance and the wine press.&nbsp; His mode of transportation was a donkey which carted him around in Dionysus&#039;s cortege.&nbsp; Silenus was the father or grandfather of the seilenoi, satyrs, and nymphs.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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