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Tetradrachm
| Issuer | Mende |
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| Year | 460 BC - 423 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse lettering | ΜΕΝΔΑΙΟΝ |
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| Mint | Mende, Chalcidice |
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Mende, a Chalcidian colony on the western prong of the Chalkidiki peninsula, was one of antiquity's most significant wine-producing centers, and its coinage circulated widely through Aegean trade networks during the fifth century. The city's tetradrachms are among the more artistically ambitious provincial issues of the period, produced at a moment when Mende was prosperous enough to compete aesthetically with Athenian and Macedonian minting traditions.
Noe's die study remains the foundational reference for this series, cataloging significant variation across the emission sequence. The specific die pairing referenced here places this piece within the mature phase of production, before Mende's destruction by Macedonian forces under Perdikkas around 423 BC effectively ended the city's autonomous coinage.