Nagidos was a Samian colony that hit its stride in the 5th and 4th centuries BCE, which is exactly when this particular coin was struck. So why Dionysos? Because he's the patron of the local cash crop. He's the god of the grape harvest, of winemaking and wine itself. Nagidos was known as a wine trading area, and we have some archaeological evidence to back this up. Excavations at Nagidos by Mersin University under Serra Durugönül between 1998 and 2002 recovered 104 stamped amphora handles. The broader assemblage at the site included stamps from Rhodes, Knidos, and Cyprus alongside local productions. While these were mostly Hellenistic, this evidence does point to a thriving trade network.