Sardeis (AD 100-200) AE 22

2nd century AD. AE22 (5.81g). CAPÎ”IA-NÎ©N, head of Dionysos left, wearing ivy-wreath / CAPÎ”IANÎ©N, bearded and nude Silenos sitting right on basket (cista mystica?), holding kantharos in right hand and infant Dionysos, who sits on his left knee and stretches his arms. Very rare, about VF, sand patina. Hoeft coll.; ex Hauck & AufhÃ¤user.

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City/Mint name:	Sardeis
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Keywords:	roman / bronze
References:	L. Beger Thes. Brand. Select. I (1696!), p. 501, fig.I; Mionnet suppl. (1835), no. 445, cites Beger; not in von Aulock, Copenhagen, BMC, Lindgren, Imhoff Lydien St., Righetti, Isegrim
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