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Tetradrachm
| Issuer | Mende |
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| Year | 460 BC - 423 BC |
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| Weight | 17.10 g |
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| Reverse lettering | ΜΕΝ-ΔΑΙ-ΟΝ |
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| Mintage | ND (460 BC - 423 BC) |
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Mende, a Chalcidian colony on the western prong of the Chalkidike peninsula, was one of the ancient world's significant wine exporters, and its coinage circulated widely through Aegean trade networks during precisely this period. The city's commercial reach extended to Egypt and the Black Sea littoral, meaning these tetradrachms passed through more hands than their Macedonian hinterland origins might suggest.
The SNG ANS 333 reference places this piece within a well-documented die study by Noe, which identified significant variation in punch work across the series — the incuse reverse treatment underwent several distinct phases during this roughly four-decade span.