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CYCLADES, Naxos. Circa 250-220 BC. AR didrachm (7,12 g). Magistrate Xenod... Bearded head of Dionysos right, wearing ivy-wreath / NAΞI, Krater with two low handles and ornamented with laurel-wreath at the neck; a thyrsos tied with a diadem on right, ΞENOΔ (magistrate) in left field. Surfaces slightly porous. Lightly toned. Appearently unique and the only known didrachm from this magistrate. cf. SNG Berry 880 var. (drachm of this magistrate), Ex Monnaies et Médailles SA, auction 76, 19-20.10.1991, lot 760; Ex The New York Sale XXVII (Prospero Collection), 04.01.2012, lot 418 Grade: 01