Description: Bithynia, Nikaia, Julia Domna (193 - 217 AD). ΙΟΥΛΙΑ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΗ; draped bust right / ΝΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ; infant Dionysos with outstretched arms sitting in a liknon.

Diameter: AE13 mm

Weight: 1,8 g

Grade: gF/gF

Attribution: Varbanov 2782 (for Geta)

Commentary: green patina with some bronze patches

History: The depiction of infant Dionysos in fruit basket have obvious echoes in other religions: Moses in the bulrushes, the baby Jesus in a manger.

Article Number: 022-05-06-41652