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Tetartemorion
| Issuer | Mende (Macedon) |
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| Year | 460 BC - 423 BC |
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| Value | Tetartemorion (1⁄24) |
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| Obverse description | Forepart of a donkey's head facing left, rendered in archaic Greek style with characteristic elongated ears and a prominent round eye. The effigy is boldly modeled in high relief, occupying the central field of the flan. The design is framed by a beaded border of dots encircling the entire obverse field. The overall style reflects the vigorous, naturalistic engraving tradition of northern Greek mints during the Classical period. |
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| Reverse description | A kantharos (two-handled wine cup) depicted in full frontal view, with pronounced loop handles on either side and a raised foot-ring base, set within a shallow incuse square. The vessel is rendered with fine detail, the wide body and sturdy stem clearly delineated in low relief against the recessed square. The incuse square technique is characteristic of early Greek coinage of the Chalcidian region. The plain field within the incuse square surrounds the kantharos without additional ornament or inscription. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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