MACEDON, Mende. Circa 460-423 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 17.13 g, 12h). Near EF.

Triton XXVI
Lot: 107. Estimated: $ 20 000

Greek, 12h, Coin-in-Hand Video, Silver

Sold For $ 32 500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

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MACEDON, Mende. Circa 460-423 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 17.13 g, 12h). Inebriated Dionysos, wearing chiton draped from his waist, holding in right hand a kantharos propped on his right knee, reclining left, head right, on the back of an ass standing right; before, bird perched right upon branch / MEN-ΔA-I-ON within shallow incuse around quadripartite square in linear border ornamented with dots; all within incuse square. Noe, Mende 36 (this coin referenced); HGC 3, 545; SNG ANS 345 (same dies); Jameson 1964 (this coin). Attractive old cabinet tone, trace deposits, a few marks. Near EF.

Ex Mark and Lonnie Salton Collection; Robert Jameson Collection (publ. 1924); 1913 Kaliandra Hoard (IGCH 358).

The Dionysiac types of Mende proclaim it as a famous wine producing city, as attested by its amphoras that have been found throughout the Mediterranean. On this delightful coin Dionysos, who rules wine and winemaking, is shown being carried home drunk from a symposium, a representation of careless joy which links the world of men with the Olympians – at least until the morning.

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Triton XXVI – Session One – Lots 1-334 will be held Tuesday morning, 10 January 2023 beginning at 9:00 AM ET.

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