Drachm

Naxos was the oldest Greek colony in Sicily, founded by Chalkidian settlers around 734 BC, and its coins from this period are among the most artistically ambitious of the entire fifth century. The city was razed by Dionysios I of Syracuse in 403 BC, its population enslaved or dispersed — meaning production of this type ceased permanently, and no later issues ever resumed under the Naxian name.

The concentration of major collection references — Lockett, Lloyd, McClean, Jameson, De Luynes — reflects how aggressively nineteenth and early twentieth century collectors pursued this short-lived series.