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Epeiros, Ambrakia AR Stater. Circa 360-338 BC. Pegasos standing right; A below / Helmeted head of Athena left; A to left; to right, infant Iacchos squatting facing, head left. Ravel, Colts 136; Pegasi 87; SNG Copenhagen –; BMC 34; McClean 5099–100. 8.13g, 22mm, 4h.
Good Very Fine. Well centred Very Rare.
Iacchos was identified with Dionysos, but according to myth was the child of Zeus and Demeter rather than Zeus and Semele. He was particularly venerated at the Eleusinian Mysteries, where on the sixth day his image was carried in a boisterous procession.
From a Swiss Private Collection.
Good Very Fine. Well centred Very Rare.
Iacchos was identified with Dionysos, but according to myth was the child of Zeus and Demeter rather than Zeus and Semele. He was particularly venerated at the Eleusinian Mysteries, where on the sixth day his image was carried in a boisterous procession.
From a Swiss Private Collection.