[Hoover HGC 981]Naxos, or Naxus, the oldest Greek colony on Sicily, at its northeast coast.
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| FAKE Cahn 12-32 | FAKE Naxos AR Litra. Copying : 530–510 BC. Archaic head of Dionysos left, wreathed with ivy. / NAXION (retrograde), bunch of grapes. FAKE COPY of Cahn 12-32; SNG ANS 513; Hoover HGC 967. Two fakes from the same "dies" with the same artificial wear and damage. | Text | Image |
| Cahn 17 | Naxos, Sicily, AR Litra. 11 mm, ca. 550-530 BC. 0.85 g. Archaic head of Dionysos left, wreathed with ivy / NAXION (retrograde), bunch of grapes. Cahn 17; Hoover HGC 967. | Text | Image |
| Cahn 19 | Naxos, Sicily, AR litra, 7 mm, 0.32 gr. Bearded head of Dionysos left with pointed beard and long hair / NAXION, bunch of grapes. Cahn 19 (V12/R18); SNG ANS 513. | Text | Image |
| Cahn 36 | Naxos, Sicily, Ca 530-490 BC. AR Litra (5.52 gm). Bearded head of Dionysos left, wreathed with ivy / NAXION, Bunch of grapes with two outlined leaves. SNG ANS 514; Hoover HGC 968. | Text | Image |
| Cahn 39 | Naxos, Chalcidian drachm circa 500, AR 5.68 g. Ivy-wreathed head of Dionysus left, with pointed beard and hair in form of dots, falling in waves over neck. / NAXION, Bunch of grapes hanging from stalk between two leaves. Kahn 39; Jameson 672. SNG ANS 514. SNG Lloyd 1147. | Text | Image |
| Cahn 54 | Naxos, Sicily 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. | Text | Image |
| Cahn 70 | Naxos, Sicily AR Litra. Circa 430-420 BC. Wreathed head of Dionysos right / N-A-X-I, bunch of grapes on vine. SNG ANS 522. | Text | Image |
| Cahn 74 | Naxos, Sicily. Circa 430-420 BC. AR Litra (0.70 gm). Wreathed and bearded head of Dionysos right / bunch of grapes on vine with six leaves. SNG ANS 521. | Text | Image |
| Cahn 97 | Naxos, Sicily, AR 1/2 litra c. 450 BC. Head of Dionysos right, wreathed with ivy, dotted border / Kantharos, six dots around. Hoover HGC 977; Cahn 97. | Text | Image |
| Cahn 104 | Naxos, Sicily AR Litra. ca 420-415 BC. Bearded head of Dionysos right, wearing taenia decorated with ivy branch / bunch of grapes. cf. Winterthur 764. | Text | Image |
| Cahn 122 | Naxos, Sicily 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. | Text | Image | Text | Image |
| Cahn 129 | Naxos, Sicily AR Litra. ca 410-402 BC. Head of the river-god Assinos left, crowned with vine leaves / Grape vine with bunch of grapes. SNG ANS 529; Jameson 684. | Text | Image |
| Cahn 133 Sear 879 | Naxos, Sicily, AR Litra. ca 413-404 BC. NAXIΩN, Head of youthful river god Assinos or Dionysos left, with short horn and wreathed with ivy / bunch of grapes on a vine with leaves & tendrils. Cahn 133; Hoover HGC 975. | Text | Image |
| Cahn 134v | Naxos, Sicily AR Litra. ca 420-403 BC. Wreathed head of a young Dionysos left / bunch of grapes with leaves and tendrils. SNG ANS -; SNG Lloyd 1161; SNG Copenhagen 496. | Text | Image |
| Cahn 145 | Naxos, Sicily, AR Litra. ca 420-403 BC. NAΞI before bearded head of Dionysos right, wreathed with ivy / bunch of grapes on a vine. Cahn 145; SNG ANS 530; Hoover HGC 973; SNG Munich 767; BMC 25; McClean 2480. | Text | Image |
| Cahn 145cf | Naxos, Sicily. Circa 410-404 BC. AR Litra (0.55 gm). NAΞI, wreathed and bearded head of Dionysos right with flowing hair / bunch of grapes on vine with two leaves. SNG ANS 530cf. | Text | Image |
| Cahn 146v | Naxos, Sicily AE Tetras. ca 420-403 BC. Laureate head of Apollo right / Kantharos; three dots around. Cahn 146-7 var; SNG ANS 1361. | Text | Image |
| Hoover HGC 971 | Naxos, Sicily AR Litra. ca 461-430 BC. Wreathed and bearded head of Dionysos right / bunch of grapes with leaves and tendrils. Hoover HGC 971. | Text | Image |
| Hoover HGC 981 | Naxos, Sicily. Circa 420-415 BC. AR Tetras (0.22 gm). NA, Bearded head of Dionysos right / Kantharos; three dots around. Hoover HGC 981; Campana (Naxos), 32. | Text | Image |
| Manganaro 40a | Naxos, Sicily AR Tetras. ca 400-390 BC. 0.73 g, 1h). Kantharos; three dots around / NA, bunch of grapes on vine tendril. Hoover HGC 979; Cahn -; SNG ANS -. | Text | Image |
| Manganaro 40 var | Naxos, Sicily AR Tetras or trionkion. ca late 5th Century BC. Amphora; three dots around / NAΞION; bunch of grapes. Manganaro 40 var (city name); SNG ANS 1360 var (ditto); Hoover HGC 979 var (ditto). | Text | Image |
| Manganaro 41 | Naxos, Sicily AR Tetras. ca 420-415 BC. Kantharos; three dots around / bunch of grapes with vine. Cahn -; SNG ANS -. | Text | Image |
| Sear 728 | Naxos, Sicily, AR litra. 0.93 gr, 11.47 mm. 530-490 BC. Bearded head of Dionysos left with pointed beard and long hair / NAΣION, bunch of grapes. Sear 728; Cahn 19; BMC 6. | Text | Image |
| Weber 1468 | Naxos, Sicily. ca 460 BC. AR Litra. Wreathed & bearded head of Dionysos right / NA-ΞION, bunch of grapes on vine with two leaves. | Text | Image |
| Weber 1470 | Naxos, Sicily. ca 420-415 BC. AR Tetradrachm. Bearded head of Dionysos right, in taenia decorated with an ivy branch / NAΞION, Silenos, naked, bearded Silenos squatting right on rocks, head left, holding kantharos in right hand & thyrsos in left; ivy branch behind. | Text | Image |
| See also: | Magna Graecia Coins of Naxos | ||
| Entry for Sicily, Naxos on the Digital Historia Numorum | |||