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Tetradrachm
| Issuer | Mende (Macedon) |
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| Year | 520 BC - 480 BC |
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| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
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| Obverse description | Ithyphallic donkey advancing to the right in high relief, rendered with naturalistic musculature characteristic of early Archaic coinage. A crow is perched upon the animal's rump, depicted with spread wings and beak lowered toward the tail in a pecking gesture. The ethnic legend ΜΕΝΔΑΙΟΝ curves along the right field in archaic Greek characters. The composition is bold and energetic, consistent with the distinctive early civic coinage of Mende, a city whose principal export was wine and whose Dionysiac iconography pervades its numismatic output. |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Reverse description | A deeply struck four-armed mill-sail or swastika-like incuse punch, divided into four alternating raised and sunken triangular quadrants, occupying the full reverse field. This characteristic mill-sail incuse pattern is the hallmark of early Mendaean tetradrachms and reflects the transitional punch technique common to northern Greek mints of the late Archaic period. The incuse is square within a round flan, with each arm terminating near the coin's edge, producing a bold geometric contrast against the plain silver field. |
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