Triton XVII, Lot: 126. Estimate $7500. Sold for $6000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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MACEDON, Mende. Circa 460-423 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 16.73 g, 11h). Inebriated Dionysos reclining left, holding kantharos in right hand, on back of an ass standing right / MEN-ΔA-I-ON within linear square around vine of six grape clusters within linear square; all within incuse square. Noe,
Mende 84 = SNG ANS 346 = SNG Berry 36 (same dies); AMNG III/2, 20; Dewing 1055 (same dies); Gulbenkian 412 (same rev. die); Jameson 1967 (same rev. die). Good VF, cabinet toning, some cleaning marks under tone.
From the Daniel Koppersmith Collection. Ex Künker 193 (26 September 2011), lot 127.