Tetradrachm

Features

Issuer	Mende (Macedon)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	460 BC - 423 BC
Value	Tetradrachm (4)
Currency	Attic drachm
Composition	Silver
Weight	16.53 g
Diameter	24.5 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered, Incuse
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 570826
References	Noe Mende# 89 Sydney Philip Noe; 1926. The Mende (Kaliandra) Hoard / Volume 27. American Numismatic Society, New York City, New York, United States. , SNG Hart# 561 Keith F. Sugden, Robert Edward Hart; 1989. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Great Britain / Volume 8. The Hart Collection, Blackburn Museum. Oxford University Press, London, United Kingdom.

Obverse

Inebriated Dionysos, wearing chiton draped from his waist, holding in right hand a kantharos propped on his right knee, reclining left on the back of an ass standing right; barley grain in exergue.

Reverse

MEN-ΔA-I-ON within linear square around vine of six grape clusters within linear square; all within shallow incuse square.

Script: Greek

Lettering: MENΔAION

Mint

Mende, Chalcidian District, modern-day Kalandra, Greece

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (460 BC - 423 BC)

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Grade	Sold price
	CNG Triton XIX Lot 85	5 Jan 2016	XF	USD 8500.00 (+ buyer's premium)
Ex Lanz 54 (12 November 1990), lot 115; likely from 1913 Kaliandra Hoard (IGCH 358)
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