Macedonia, Thessalonika; Dionysos/grapes
Description:
Macedonia, Thessalonika, after 88 BC. Head of Dionysos right, wreathed with ivy / ΘEΣΣAΛO-NI-KH-Σ; grapes, monogram in lower right field.
Diameter:
AE22 mm
Weight:
5,66 g
Grade:
gF/gF
Attribution:
Moushmov 6609
Commentary:
green-brown patina with bronze highlights
History:
The name of Dionysos appears already on Mycenaean tablets written in Linear B and dated to the 12th or 13th century BC.
Article Number:
050-05-06-41652