One of the great masterpieces of ancient Greek numismatic art, this silver tetradrachm was struck c.460 BC in commemoration of the refounding of the city of Naxos. Its citizens had been exiled to Leontinoi by the tyrant Hieron of Syracuse. The artist, unknown but deemed the most accomplished engraver of his time, combines a fine portrait of a bearded Dionysos with a striking image of Silenos squatting on the floor as he drunkenly gazes into his wine cup.