Sale: CNG 79, Lot: 144. Estimate $3000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 17 September 2008.  Sold For $4800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MACEDON, Mende. Circa 460-423 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.56 g, 6h). Inebriated Dionysos, holding kantharos, reclining left on back of an ass standing right; to right, bird standing right on ivy / Ethnic arrayed around vine of six grape clusters; all within incuse square. Noe, Mende 74 (same dies); SNG ANS 340. VF, toned, minor porosity.

From the Paul H. Gerrie Collection.