Tetradrachm from Mende | Yale University Art Gallery

465–424 B.C.

Medium: Silver
Dimensions: 16.72 g, 4:00, 28 mm
Credit Line: The Ernest Collection in memory of Israel Myers
Accession Number: 2007.182.228
Geography: Made in Mende, Macedonia
Culture: Greek
Period: 5th century B.C.
Classification: Numismatics
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Numismatics

Obverse Description

Obverse Description: Dionysos facing r. riding l. on ass, holding kantharos in r.; to r., crow between branches of a bush.

Reverse Description: MEN-DA-I-WN [Gk.] around square containing grape vine.

Provenance

Guy Clark, Lambsburg, Va., to about 2007; Anonymous, San Francisco, to 2007; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.

Bibliography

"Acquisitions, July 1, 2007–June 30, 2008," in "Recent Acquisitions," special issue, Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin (2008), 192

Object copyright

Additional information

coins, money, tetradrachms

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