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Auction 28 22 May 2023
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CORINTHIA. Corinth. Circa 375-300 BC. Stater (Silver, 21 mm, 8.56 g, 12 h). Ϙ Pegasos with straight wings flying to left. Rev. Head of Athena to left, wearing a Corinthian helmet with a neck flap; below chin, Γ; behind neck, thyrsos. BCD Corinth 109. Calciati 416. Ravel 1025. Attractive and toned. About extremely fine.
The thyrsos was a staff or wand made from giant fennel and topped with a pine cone, and was usually tied with a fillet. It symbolized fertility and hedonism and was carried by the followers of Dionysos/Bacchus. Ovid mentions that the god himself carried a thyrsos that contained an iron point bound within it's leaves and that the point would incite madness
The thyrsos was a staff or wand made from giant fennel and topped with a pine cone, and was usually tied with a fillet. It symbolized fertility and hedonism and was carried by the followers of Dionysos/Bacchus. Ovid mentions that the god himself carried a thyrsos that contained an iron point bound within it's leaves and that the point would incite madness