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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ignoramus Maximus, post: 8255121, member: 104741&quot;]Happy Dyonisia (or Bacchanalia)to all!<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>Nothing to harvest here just yet, but the snow is beginning to melt( at least during the daytime, at night it&#039;s still -15C) and the sun is out, so it feels like spring.</p><p><br /></p><p>On this Nagidos stater Dyonisos looks more dignified than ecstatic. I love the flowing drapery on his chiton and the shape of the thyrsos; in my mind&#039;s eye, I can almost see the honey dripping from it. I can&#039;t make out the details in the wreath, but I&#039;m sure it&#039;s ivy, as it should be. Whoever the engraver was, he had talent and he took his time for this one. I&#039;m happy to have this coin in my collection.[ATTACH=full]1455191[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]1455195[/ATTACH] </p><p>(same coin with a cubist Aphrodite on the obverse):</p><p><br /></p><p>And here is Dionysos in terracotta. I&#039;m still waiting on this one to be delivered, but I&#039;m&nbsp; looking forward to it. Some people I&#039;ve shown the pic to think Far East, but it&#039;s&nbsp; from Magna Graecia.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1455197[/ATTACH]&#039;Relief plaque&#039;? (&#039;Reliefplakette&#039; in German) in the shape of a Dionysos mask.</p><p>South Italy, probably Capua, late 6th century BC. Height 4,7 cm. without stand (seller&#039;s description).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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