Greek_Silver_Tetradrachm_of_Naxos_(Sicily).jpg

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English: Coin of Naxos (Sicily). Circa 430-420 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 17.19 g 2), circa 425. Bearded head of Dionysos to right, wearing a hair band ornamented with an ivy wreath, and with his relatively short hair hanging loose in curly locks. Rev. NAXION Nude and bearded Silenos squatting, facing, his right knee raised, his left on the ground, and his tail coming out to left, turning his head to the left towards the two-handled, stemless drinking cup he holds in his right hand, and holding an upright thyrsos with his left; to left, ivy branch.
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