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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1.1965.1041
Title
Tetradrachm of Mende
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
460 BCE-423 BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Macedonia, Mende (Macedonia)
Period
Classical period, High
Culture
Greek
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/186999

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Silver
Metal
AR
Technique
Struck
Dimensions
16.58 g
Die Axis
6
Denomination
tetradrachm
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Reverse Inscription: MENDAION

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Spink, NCirc 1947, 44441

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
Noe 43; cf. SNG ANS (7) 322 (obverse), 330 (reverse)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Loan from the Trustees of the Arthur Stone Dewing Greek Numismatic Foundation
Object Number
1.1965.1041
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Obverse: Elderly Dionysos l., holding kantharos and reclining on ass r.; to r., Silenus r. with thyrsos and wine skin between two branches of a bush.
Reverse: MENDAION around, grape vine in linear border; above, fly; all within incuse square.

Verification Level

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