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Tetradrachm
| Issuer | Mende (Macedon) |
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| Year | 430 BC - 410 BC |
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| Currency | Attic drachm |
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| Obverse description | Dionysos, god of wine, reclines in a languid pose atop a donkey walking to right, his body draped and his right hand extending a kantharos; the composition conveys the deity's characteristic ease and revelry. The donkey is rendered in careful relief with naturalistic musculature, advancing steadily across the field. A grasshopper appears in the exergue below, serving as a secondary symbol likely referencing civic or geographic identity. The scene is executed in the bold, plastic style characteristic of northern Greek coinage of the late fifth century BC, with strong modelling of drapery and animal form. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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| Mintage | ND (430 BC - 410 BC) |
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