Tetradrachm
Features
| Issuer |
Mende
(Macedon)  |
|---|---|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 460 BC - 423 BC |
| Value | Tetradrachm (4) |
| Currency | Attic drachm |
| Composition | Silver |
| Weight | 17.23 g |
| Diameter | 26 mm |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Hammered, Incuse |
| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 570835 |
| References | Noe Mende# 81 Sydney Philip Noe; 1926. The Mende (Kaliandra) Hoard / Volume 27. American Numismatic Society, New York City, New York, United States. Karl Schefold; 1960. Meisterwerke griechischer Kunst = Masterpieces of Greek art. Schwabe & Co., Basel, Switzerland. |
Obverse
Elderly Dionysus, wearing ivy wreath and himation, reclining on mule's back left, holding cantharus with right hand and resting left on the animal's side.
Reverse
ΜΕΝ – ΔΑ – ΙΟ – Ν around linear square containing vine with four bunches of grapes; all within incuse square.
Script: Greek
Lettering: ΜΕΝΔΑΙΟΝ
Mint
Mende, Chalcidian District, modern-day Kalandra, GreeceSee also
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
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| ND (460 BC - 423 BC) | 
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$ 22 000 | |||||||||||||
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Past sales
| Pictures | Sale | Date | Grade | Sold price | |
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Multiple sales of the same specimen:
Harlan J. BerkBuy or Bid Sale 231 Lot 197 
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29 Apr 2025 |
XF (NGC XF 5/5 - 2/5) |
Unsold | |
| © Harlan J. Berk, LTD | |||||
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Stacks Bowers January 2022 NYINC Auction Lot 4183
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14 Jan 2022 |
XF (NGC XF 5/5 - 2/5) |
USD 7000.00
(+ buyer's premium) |
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| © Stacks Bowers | |||||
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Multiple sales of the same specimen:
Numismatica Ars ClassicaAuction 146 Lot 2141
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8 May 2024 | XF |
USD 30 343.41
(CHF 24 000.00) (+ buyer's premium) |
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| © Numismatica Ars Classica NAC AG | |||||
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Paul-Francis Jacquier Auction 49 Lot 82
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17 Sep 2021 | XF |
USD 22 064.98
(EUR 19 000.00) (+ buyer's premium) |
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Ex Hess-Leu 3, 1956, 266; NGSA 7, 2012, 53; from R. Käppeli collection and from 1913 Kaliandra Hoard (IGCH 358) = Meisterwerke 455 |
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| © Paul-Francis Jacquier | |||||
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