Type 44: Eros with a Standing Figure of Dionysus

An unusual type from Docimeium in Phrygia, illustrated in Imhoof-Blumer (Kleinasiatische Münzen): Dionysus stands facing, head r., his r. leg resting on a rock (?) and covered by a chlamys, holding a thyrsus in his r. hand; his l. hand rests on the shoulder of an Eros, who is moving r. but looking back at the god; to the l. is a tiny naked figure (a satyr?) running l. with outstretched arm; behind Dionysus is Pan, holding a pedum. All that is missing is the object of the god's interest, Ariadne!

* Docimeium in Phrygia, coins of Marcus Aurelius (not illustrated) and Diadumenian Caesar (not illustrated).


 




 

 

* On this clay seal impression (bulla), Dionysus is accompanied by a frisky Eros holding a long thyrsus. (The authenticity of these red clay seals has sometimes been questioned.)

CATALOGUE

Docimeium / Marcus Aurelius
Reference: RPC IV, 2, 25158*
Rarity: RRR 

 

Docimeium / Diadumenian Caesar
Reference: Imhoof-Blumer, Kleinasiatische Münzen, 10
Rarity: RRR