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ID:
Eurymenai
Type:
Greek
Region:
THESSALY
City:
Eurymenai
Metal:
Bronze
Denomination:
Trichalkon
Struck / Cast:
struck
Date Struck:
352-344 BC
Diameter:
20 mm
Weight:
7.02 g
Obverse Description:
Head of young Dionysos to right, wearing ivy wreath
Reverse Legend:
ΕΥΡΥΜΕΝΑΙΩΝ
Reverse Description:
Grape vine with leaves and six bunches of grapes; to the right of the trunk, dolphin swimming downwards; to the left, krater
Mint:
Eurymenai
Primary Reference:
Rogers 212
Reference2:
Nomos 3 & 4, 1039
Photograph Credit:
Classical Numismatic Group
Source:
http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=182404
Special Comments:
See also : Traité IV, 753, pl. CCCI, 2.
Grade:
aEF
Notes:
The coinage of Eurymenai is basically very rare, especially in good condition: this piece is probably the finest example known. While Imhoof-Blumer identified the head on the obverse as that of a nymph (Nymphen und Chariten auf griechischen Münzen, JIAN XI, 1908, 373) the very well preserved example we have here makes it clear we are dealing with a young Dionysos (as Warren, NC 1961, and Head, HN², had already noted - among others). What is particularly interesting about this coin is the vessel on the reverse, usually termed a krater in most publications (Imhoof-Blumer cautiously terms it merely “a vessel”). Its shape is very unusual for a krater, since it has a high round belly on a long, thin stem, unlike almost all Classical krater-shapes. It does, however, look curiously like wine vessels that existed in Mycenaean times (!) and it would be interesting if this was a local survivor that continued in use for ritual purposes.
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