Cilicia, Nagidos

$995.00

Silver Stater.

Aphrodite- The Greek goddess of love, beauty, pleasure, and procreation.

Dionysus- The Ancient Greek god of the grape harvest, wine making and wine, of ritual madness and religious emotion, and was also the driving force behind Greek theater.

Nagidos- an important coastal town of western Cilicia, Nagidos lay about 20 miles to the west  of Kelenderis.

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Description

Silver Stater.

Aphrodite- The Greek goddess of love, beauty, pleasure, and procreation.

Dionysus- The Ancient Greek god of the grape harvest, wine making and wine, of ritual madness and religious emotion, and was also the driving force behind Greek theater.

Nagidos- an important coastal town of western Cilicia, Nagidos lay about 20 miles to the west  of Kelenderis.

Additional information

Origin

Ancient Greece

Date

374 – 356 BC

Denomination

10.8 grams

Obverse

Aphrodite enthroned, feet on stool, holding phiale over circular altar; behind Eros standing holding up branch.

Reverse

Dionysos standing, holding vine with grapes and Thyrsus. Behind, NA?I?E?N