Tetradrachm

Features

Issuer	Mende (Macedon)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	520 BC - 480 BC
Value	Tetradrachm (4)
Currency	Attic drachm
Composition	Silver
Weight	16.97 g
Diameter	24 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered, Incuse
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 571187
References	Noe Mende# 9 Sydney Philip Noe; 1926. The Mende (Kaliandra) Hoard / Volume 27. American Numismatic Society, New York City, New York, United States. , SNG ANS 7# 295 Nancy M. Waggoner; 1987. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: The Collection of the American Numismatic Society / Part 7. Macedonia I (Cities, Thraco-Macedonian Tribes, Paeonian kings). American Numismatic Society, New York City, New York, United States. , BostonMFA# 547 Agnes Baldwin Brett; 1955. Catalogue of Greek Coins. Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts, United States. , Warren# 573 Kurt Regling; 1906. Die griechischen Münzen der Sammlung Warren. Georg Reimer, Berlin, Germany (2 volumes).

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Obverse

Ithyphallic ass walking right, crow perched on rump pecking tail; acorn (or bunch of grapes?) below.

Script: Greek (retrograde)

Lettering: MIN

Reverse

Mill-sail incuse.

Mint

Mende, Chalcidian District, modern-day Kalandra, Greece

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (520 BC - 480 BC)

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Grade	Sold price
	Künker Auction 174 Lot 192	27 Sep 2010	VF	USD 1392.82 (EUR 1200.00) (+ buyer's premium)
Ex Jean Elsen 102, Brussels 2009, lot 68
© Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, Osnabrück and Lübke & Wiedemann KG, Leonberg