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Tetradrachm of Mende with Dionysos on ass

Greek
Classical Period
450–405 B.C.
Mint: Macedonia, Mende

Medium/Technique Silver
Dimensions Diameter: 26 mm. Weight: 17.00 gm.
Credit Line Martha Silsbee Fund
Accession Number31.971
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsNumismaticsCoins

Catalogue Raisonné Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 0551.
DescriptionObverse: Dionysos, bearded, head in an ivy wreath facing three-quarters to right, reclining left on ass walking to right; upper body nude, lower with himation; holding a kantharos in flexed and raised right hand; left arm hanging at side.
Ground line.
Border of dots.
Reverse: Square incuse; in center, square on which vine stock with four bunches of grapes.
Inscription around vine and grapes.
ProvenanceFrom the Mende (Kaliandra) Hoard, 1913, Noe, N.N.M., no. 78, p. 142, no. 522.
by 1931: with C. T. Seltman; purchased by MFA from C. T. Seltman, December 3, 1931 for $ 280.00, the total price of 31.970 and 31.971