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Tetradrachm
| Issuer | Mende (Macedon) |
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| Year | 520 BC - 480 BC |
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| Currency | Attic drachm |
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| Obverse description | Ithyphallic donkey advancing to right, its erect phallus prominently rendered; a crow perches on the animal's rump and pecks at its tail. A small subsidiary device, identified as either an acorn or a bunch of grapes, appears in the lower field beneath the animal. The composition is rendered in a bold, archaic Greek style characteristic of the late sixth to early fifth century BC Chalcidian coinage. A retrograde Greek legend MIN appears in the field, serving as an abbreviated ethnic for the mint city of Mende. |
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| Obverse script | Greek (retrograde) |
| Obverse lettering | ΜΙΝ |
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