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Tetrobol
| Issuer | Mende |
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| Year | 480 BC - 460 BC |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Edge | Plain |
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| Mintage | ND (480 BC - 460 BC) |
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Mende, a Chalcidian colony on the western prong of the Pallene peninsula in Thrace, was one of the ancient world's significant wine-producing centers — a fact the city clearly understood as central to its civic identity. The colony's wine was exported across the Aegean in distinctive amphorae stamped with the city's name, and Mende's commercial reach in the fifth century was substantial enough to make its silver coinage a recognized trading instrument well beyond local markets.
The SNG ANS 300 specimen provides the primary die reference for this denomination within the series catalogued by Noe.