Naxos (Sicily) Didrachm, -420 – -403

Didrachm from Naxos (Sicily). Issued from -420 to -403. Struck in Silver. Measures 0 mm and weighs 8.45 g.

Obverse

Laureate head of Apollo to right, his hair rolled at the back; behind neck, laurel twig with leaf and berry

Reverse

Nude and bearded Silenos squatting, facing, his right knee raised, his left on the ground, and his tail coming out to left, turning his head to the left towards the two-handled, stemless drinking cup he holds in his right hand, and holding an upright thyrsos with his left. To right, herm topped with an archaic head and to left, ivy branch