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Tetradrachm

Features

Issuer Mende (Macedon)
Type Standard circulation coins
Years 430 BC - 410 BC
Value Tetradrachm (4)
Currency Drachma poddasza
Composition Srebro
Weight 17.18 g
Diameter 27 mm
Shape Okrągły (nieregularny)
Technique Młotkowana, Incuse
Orientation Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
570825
References Noe Mende# 82
Sydney Philip Noe; 1926. The Mende (Kaliandra) Hoard / Volume 27. American Numismatic Society, New York City, New York, United States.
, SNG ANS 7# 344
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.
, Jameson# 1970
Robert Jameson. Collection R. Jameson. Feuardent​, Paris, France (4 volumes).
, Traité IV# 985
Ernest Babelon; 1932. Traité des monnaies grecques et romaines / Partie 2.4 Description historique: Comprenant les monnaies de la Grèce septentrionale aux Ve et IVe siècles avant J.-C.. Éditions Ernest Leroux, Paris, France.
, SNG Ashmolean# 2301, 2302
Oxford University Press (publisher). Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Volume V - Ashmolean Museum. Oxford University Press, London, United Kingdom (7 volumes).
, Nanteuil# 764
Henri Joseph de la Barre de Nanteuil, Louis Ciani (ed.), Jules Florange (ed.); 1925. Collection de monnaies grecques H. de Nanteuil. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris, France (2 volumes).
, Dewing# 1054
Leo Mildenberg (ed.), Silvia Mani Hurter (ed.); 1985. The Dewing Collection of Greek Coins. American Numismatic Society, New York City, New York, United States (2 volumes).
, HGC 3.1# 549
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.
, Kunstfreund# 139
Herbert Adolph Cahn (ed.), Silvia Mani Hurter (ed.), Leo Mildenberg (ed.), Pierre Strauss (ed.); 1974. Griechische Münzen aus der Sammlung eines Kunstfreundes: Auktion am 18. Mai 1974 in Zürich = Greek coins from the collection of an art lover. Bank Leu, Munzen & Medaillen Basel, Zürich, Switzerland / Basel, Switzerland.

Obverse

(en) Dyonisus, head right, wearing ivy wreath and himation, reclining on mule back left, holding cantharus with right hand and resting left on the animal’s side.

Reverse

(en) Linear square containing four palmettes in saltire with a star in the centre; all within incuse square.

Script: grecki

Lettering: ΜΕΝΔΑΙΟΝ

Mint

Mende, Chalcidian District, modern-day Kalandra, Greece

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Examples of the type

Picture 1 of the example of Tetradrachm Picture 2 of the example of Tetradrachm
© American Numismatic Society (ANS), 1967.152.166
Kalandra27 mm17.18 g 12hHoard: IGCH 358
SNG ANS 344
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Picture 1 of the example of Tetradrachm Picture 2 of the example of Tetradrachm
© Bibliothèque nationale de France / Gallica, ark:/12148/btv1b85905616
Kalandra16.95 gHoard: IGCH 358 (see more)
Picture 1 of the example of Tetradrachm Picture 2 of the example of Tetradrachm
© The Heberden Coin Room, Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford, HCR126805
27.2 mm16.92 g 6h
SNG Ashmolean III, 2301
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Picture 1 of the example of Tetradrachm Picture 2 of the example of Tetradrachm
© The Heberden Coin Room, Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford, HCR126806
26 mm17.22 g 12h
SNG Ashmolean III, 2302
(see more)
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Past sales

Pictures Sale Date Grade Sold price
Picture 1 of a sold Tetradrachm
Numismatica Ars Classica
Auction 48
Lot 60
Internet Archive
21 Oct 2008 XF USD 38 084.21
(CHF 30 000.00)
(+ buyer's premium)

Ex Naville 4, 1922, 442; Leu-M&M 1974, Kunstfreund, 139; Leu 76, 1999, 98; from 1913 Kaliandra Hoard (IGCH 358)

Picture 1 of a sold Tetradrachm
Münzen & Medaillen GmbH
Auction 49
Lot 136
Internet Archive
20 Nov 2020 VF USD 16 873.87
(EUR 14 500.00)
(+ buyer's premium)

Ex Hess-Leu 36 (1968), 44; M&M 53 (1977), 55; from de Nanteuil collection and from 1913 Kaliandra Hoard (IGCH 358) = Nanteuil 764

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