Tetradrachm
Features
| Issuer |
Mende
(Macedon)  |
|---|---|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 460 BC - 423 BC |
| Value | Tetradrachm (4) |
| Currency | Attic drachm |
| Composition | Silver |
| Weight | 17.35 g |
| Diameter | 27.5 mm |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Hammered, Incuse |
| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 570859 |
| References | Noe Mende# 74 Sydney Philip Noe; 1926. The Mende (Kaliandra) Hoard / Volume 27. American Numismatic Society, New York City, New York, United States. Oliver D. Hoover; 2016. Handbook of Coins of Macedon and Its Neighbors / Volume 3, Part 1. Macedon, Illyria, and Epeiros: Sixth to First Centuries BC. Classical Numismatic Group, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States / London, United Kingdom. |
Obverse
Inebriated Dionysos, wearing chiton draped from his waist, holding in right hand a kantharos propped on his right knee, reclining left on the back of an ass standing right; to right, crow perched right on bush with two flowers.
Reverse
MEN-ΔA-I-ON around vine of five grape clusters; all within shallow 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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| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| ND (460 BC - 423 BC) | 
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$ 1200 | $ 17 000 | ||||||||||||
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Past sales
| Pictures | Sale | Date | Grade | Sold price | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Multiple sales of the same specimen:
CNGAuction 109 Lot 81 
|
12 Sep 2018 | XF |
USD 35 000.00
(+ buyer's premium) |
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| © Classical Numismatic Group, Inc. | |||||
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CNG Auction 108 Lot 50
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16 May 2018 | XF |
USD 15 000.00
(+ buyer's premium) |
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| © Classical Numismatic Group, Inc. | |||||
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Ira & Larry Goldberg Auction 96 Lot 1570
|
14 Feb 2017 | XF |
USD 16 500.00
(+ buyer's premium) |
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Ex Leu 52 (16 May 1991), lot 51; Olga Knoepke (Glendining's, 10 December 1986), lot 140; Hess-Leu 24 (16 April 1964), lot 124 |
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| © Ira & Larry Goldberg Auctioneers | |||||
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Multiple sales of the same specimen:
Leu NumismatikWeb Auction 10 Lot 174
|
7 Dec 2019 | VF |
USD 1140.81
(CHF 900.00) (+ buyer's premium) |
|
| © Leu Numismatik | |||||
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Heritage Auctions 2018 September 6 - 11 Long Beach Expo World Coins & Ancient Coins Signature Auction - Long Beach 3067 Lot 30025
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6 Sep 2018 | VF |
USD 1200.00
(+ buyer's premium) |
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| © Heritage Auctions | |||||
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Gorny & Mosch Auction 126 Lot 1207
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14 Oct 2003 | VF |
USD 1626.89
(EUR 1400.00) (+ buyer's premium) |
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| © Gorny & Mosch GmbH Giessener Münzhandlung | |||||
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