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Chalcidian District. Mende. c. 510-500 BC. Tetradrachm, 16.88g. Obv: ΜΙΝΔ-ΑΙΟΝ Ithyphallic ass walking right, crow perched on rump pecking tail; plant below. Rx: "Mill Sail" incuse. Noe, The Mende (Kaliandra) Hoard, NNM 27 (1926), p. 8, 8. SNG ANS 294, both from the same obverse die. Toned EF.
Ex Superior, 30 May 1995, lot 7254, Lewis Egnew Collection. Ex NFA, 4 December 1991, lot 44.
One of the most impudent images chosen to represent a city on any Greek coin, the likes of which could hardly appear on any modern coin!.
Ex Superior, 30 May 1995, lot 7254, Lewis Egnew Collection. Ex NFA, 4 December 1991, lot 44.
One of the most impudent images chosen to represent a city on any Greek coin, the likes of which could hardly appear on any modern coin!.