Teos (Ionia, Asia Minor — Pleiades map),
Catharine C. Lorber and Oliver D. Hoover, "An Unpublished Tetradrachm Issued by the Artists of Dionysos," The Numismatic Chronicle 163 (2003) 59–68
= AGRW ID# 22090
A tetradrachm was a silver coin worth 4 drachmas minted by the Ionian Dionysiac performers (or Dionysiac Artists). The era of the coin roughly overlaps with the period when the flute-player Kraton son of Zotichos was involved with the performers, serving as priest of the group at one point (see other inscriptions from Teos on this site).
(obverse of coin)
(head of a youthful Dionysos on the right wearing a mitre and crowned with an ivy wreath.)
(reverse of coin)
(The following text is vertical, flanking a decorated thyrsos. This is framed by a ivy wreath border.)
Of the performers gathered around Dionysos.
Translation by: Harland{vertically flanking the central thyrsos on the right:} ΤΩΝ ΠΕΡΙ ΤΟΝ ΔΙΟΝΥΣΟΝ {vertically flanking the central thyrsos on the left:} ΤΕΧΝΙΤΩΝ.
Item added: January 23, 2016
Item modified: February 19, 2016
ID number: 22090
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