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See Certificate for
coin details. Priced at $275.00
Thyrsus (symbol to
right of snake on reverse of coin) is a staff surmounted by
a pinecone or by a bunch of vine and ivy leaves with grapes
or berries that is carried by Bacchus (Dionysus, in Greek mythology),
Satyra and others engaged bacchic rites.