Grapes | Magistrate | Silenos
Silandos (Sylandos), Lydia
Maioros, magistrate
Semi-autonomous 193-217 CE
Ae 15mm, 1.5g
Obv: CI-LAND-EWN around wreathed head (or possibly mask) of Silenos right
Rev: EPI L A MAIWROC; Bunch of grapes
BMC 10

Silandos was an ancient city in Lydia not mentioned by any ancient historian. Its coins and ruins survive, though, including two funerary inscriptions from 116 CE and 217 CE.

Given the depiction of Silenos on this coin, I wonder if the city’s name comes from him.