Sale: Triton V, Lot: 1406. Estimate $7500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 16 January 2002.  Sold For $6000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MYSIA, Kyzikos. Circa 460-400 BC. EL Stater (16.00 gm). Dionysos reclining left on rock, holding kantharos in extended right hand; tunny below / Quadripartite incuse punch. Von Fritze 155; Boston MFA -; Dewing 2184. Good VF. Very rare. ($7500)

Dionysos is shown on this piece as a handsome young man reclining on the skin of a panther, an animal often associated with Dionysos. This artistic scene was probably taken from a painting.