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Tetradrachm of Naxos with head of Dionysos
Greek
Early Classical Period
about 460 B.C.
Mint: Sicily, Naxos
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 27 mm. Weight: 17.07 gm.
Credit Line
Catharine Page Perkins Fund
Accession Number95.103
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 0302.
DescriptionObverse: Head of bearded Dionysos, profile to right, wearing an ivy wreath.
Beaded border.
Reverse: Bearded Silenos squatting facing, head left, with pointed ear and long tail. Nude, with body full front, head profile to left. He holds a kantharos with his right hand, and leans on his left.
Inscription around.
Engraver: The Aitna Master.
Beaded border.
Reverse: Bearded Silenos squatting facing, head left, with pointed ear and long tail. Nude, with body full front, head profile to left. He holds a kantharos with his right hand, and leans on his left.
Inscription around.
Engraver: The Aitna Master.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: with Edward Perry Warren; 1895: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren for $ 29,857.37 (this figure is the total price for MFA 95.9-95.174)