CLASSICAL COINS
SICILY
NAXOS
Tetradrachm, about 461/460 BC. AR 17.18 g. Bearded head of Dionysos r., wearing ivy wreath, hair tied in a krobylos at the back of the head. Rev. N - AXI - ON Nude, bearded and ithyphallic Silenos squatting facing, head turned l. towards cantharus in his raised r. hand, his l. hand resting on ground. Cahn, Naxos 114,54 (same dies). Randazzo 62,227 (same dies). SNG ANS 515 (same dies). Rizzo Tf. 28, 12 (same dies). Franke-Hirmer Tf. 2, 6 (same dies). Regeling Tf. 17, 395 (same dies). Jenkins 366/367 (same dies).
Very rare masterpiece of the early classical Greek art of coin engraving .
Elegant patina. Extremely fine Provenance: J. Howard (*1937 -