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Ancient Coinage of Sicily, Naxos


[Kahn 54]

Naxos, or Naxus, the oldest Greek colony on Sicily, at its northeast coast.

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CNG 67,310Sicily, Naxos. Circa 420-415 BC. AR Tetras (0.22 gm). Bearded head of Selinos right / Kantharos; three pellets around. Cahn, Naxos -; SNG ANS -; SNG Copenhagen -; Manganaro -. Note: This coin is possibly from the Cyclades island of Naxos. TextImage
Kahn 19Naxos, Sicily, AR litra, 7 mm, 0.32 gr. Bearded head of Dionysos left with pointed beard and long hair / NAXION, bunch of grapes. Kahn 19 (V12/R18); SNG ANS 513.TextImage
Kahn 36SICILY, Naxos. Circa 530-490 BC. AR Drachm (5.52 gm). Bearded head of Dionysos left, crowned with ivy / Bunch of grapes with two outlined leaves. SNG ANS 514. TextImage
Kahn 54Sicily, Naxos AR Tetradrachm. Circa 460 BC. Bearded head of Dionysos right, in wreath of ivy, hair tied in bunch behind head / N-AXI-ON, nude & ithyphallic Silenos squatting facing, head left, holding kantharos in right hand, leaning on left. SNG ANS 515. TextImage
Kahn 70Sicily, Naxos AR Litra. Circa 430-420 BC. Wreathed head of Dionysos right / N-A-X-I, grape cluster on vine. SNG ANS 522. TextImage
Kahn 74Sicily, Naxos. Circa 430-420 BC. AR Litra (0.70 gm). Wreathed and bearded head of Dionysos right / Grape cluster on vine with six leaves. SNG ANS 521. TextImage
Kahn 92cfSicily, Naxos AR Litra. ca 461-430 BC. Wreathed and bearded head of Dionysos right / Grape bunch with leaves and tendrils. Cf. Cahn 92-6 (head left); cf. SNG ANS 522. TextImage
Kahn 97Naxos, Sicily, AR 1/2 litra c. 450 BC. Head of Dionysos right, wreathed with ivy, dotted border / Kantharos, six pellets around. TextImage
Kahn 97cfSicily, Naxos AR Hemilitron. ca late 5th Century BC. Amphora; three pellets around / NAXION; grape bunch. Cf Manganaro 40 (tetras); cf. Cahn 97; cf. SNG ANS (vol. 5) 1360. TextImage
Kahn 104Sicily, Naxos AR Litra. ca 420-415 BC. Bearded head of Dionysos right, wearing taenia decorated with ivy branch / Grape cluster. cf. Winterthur 764. TextImage
Kahn 122Sicily, Naxos AR Hemidrachm. ca 420-403 BC. Obverse die signed by Prokles. Head of the river-god Assinos left, crowned with vine leaves; [signature P on neck] / Silenos crouching facing, holding kantharos and thyrsos. SNG ANS -; McClean 2477. TextImage
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Kahn 129Sicily, Naxos AR Litra. ca 410-402 BC. Head of the river-god Assinos left, crowned with vine leaves / Grape vine with grape cluster. SNG ANS 529; Jameson 684. TextImage
Kahn 133
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Naxos, Sicily, AR Litra. ca 413-404 BC. Head of youthful river god Assinos left, with short horn & wreathed in vine leaves / bunch of grapes on a vine with leaves & tendrils. Kahn 133. Text Image
Kahn 134vSicily, Naxos AR Litra. ca 420-403 BC. Wreathed head of a young Dionysos left / Grape cluster with leaves and tendrils. SNG ANS -; SNG Lloyd 1161; SNG Copenhagen 496. TextImage
Kahn 145Sicily, Naxos AR Litra. ca 420-403 BC. Bearded head of Dionysos right, wearing vine wreath; NAXI before / Grape cluster srrounded by vine. SNG ANS 530. TextImage
Kahn 145cfSicily, Naxos. Circa 410-404 BC. AR Litra (0.55 gm). NAXI, wreathed and bearded head of Dionysos right with flowing hair / Grape cluster on vine with two leaves. SNG ANS 530cf. TextImage
Kahn 146vSicily, Naxos AE Tetras. ca 420-403 BC. Laureate head of Apollo right / Kantharos; three pellets around. Cahn 146-7 var; SNG ANS 1361. TextImage
Manganaro 40aSicily, Naxos AR Tetras. ca 400-390 BC. 0.73 g, 1h). Kantharos; three pellets around / NA, grape cluster on vine tendril. Cahn -; SNG ANS -. TextImage
Manganaro 41Sicily, Naxos AR Tetras. ca 420-415 BC. Kantharos; three pellets around / Grape cluster with vine. Cahn -; SNG ANS -. TextImage
Weber 1468Sicily, Naxos. ca 460 BC. AR Litra. Wreathed & bearded head of Dionysos right / NA-XION, grape cluster on vine with two leaves. TextImage
Weber 1470Sicily, Naxos. ca 420-415 BC. AR Tetradrachm. Bearded head of Dionysos right, in taenia decorated with an ivy branch / NAXION, nude & bearded Silenos squatting right on rocks, head left, holding kantharos in right hand & thyrsos in left; ivy branch behind. TextImage
See also: Magna Graecia Coins of Naxos
Entry for Sicily, Naxos on the Digital Historia Numorum
Search for Naxus in the British SNG Volumes' Database at the Fitzwilliam Museum
Search for Naxos at AncientImports.com
Search for Naxos at Incitatus Coins

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