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Tetrobol
| Issuer | Mende (Macedon) |
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| Year | 423 BC - 358 BC |
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| Value | Tetrobol (⅔) |
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| Obverse description | Dionysus shown in a semi-recumbent pose astride a walking ass facing right, his nude torso upright and turned toward the viewer. The god holds a thyrsus diagonally across the field in his left hand, its foliage visible above, while his right arm extends holding a cantharus. The composition is rendered in a bold, high-relief archaic-transitional style characteristic of fifth-century Macedonian coinage, with the ass depicted in naturalistic walking movement and the figure of Dionysus conveying a relaxed, Bacchic dignity. |
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| Edge | Plain |
| Mint | Mende, Chalcidian District, modern-day Kalandra, Greece |
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