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Tetradrachm
| Issuer | Mende (Macedon) |
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| Year | 460 BC - 423 BC |
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| Value | Tetradrachm (4) |
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| Obverse description | Dionysus, depicted as an elderly, bearded figure wearing an ivy wreath and himation, reclines to the left upon the back of a walking mule. He holds a cantharus in his raised right hand while his left arm rests upon the animal's flank, conveying a scene of Dionysiac revelry rendered in fluid, archaic engraving style. A bird perches upon a plant or branch situated before the mule's head, serving as a symbolic field element. The composition fills the flan with remarkable naturalism for the period, demonstrating the exceptional artistry associated with Mendean coinage of the Classical era. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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| Mintage | ND (460 BC - 423 BC) |
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