1.1965.1053: Tetradrachm of Mende
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1.1965.1053
- Title
- Tetradrachm of Mende
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 460 BCE-423 BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Macedonia, Mende (Macedonia)
- Period
- Classical period, High
- Culture
- Greek
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/186723
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Silver
- Metal
- AR
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 17.08 g
- Die Axis
- 4
- Denomination
- tetradrachm
- Inscriptions and Marks
-
- Reverse Inscription: MENDAION
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- Hamburger, 11 June 1930, 13
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- Noe 78; SNG ANS (7) 342
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Loan from the Trustees of the Arthur Stone Dewing Greek Numismatic Foundation
- Object Number
- 1.1965.1053
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
-
Obverse: Elderly Dionysos l., holding kantharos and reclining on ass r.; crow r. between two branches of a bush; beneath ass, dog r.
Reverse: MENDAION around grape vine; all within incuse square.
Verification Level
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