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Auction X 13 January 2013
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Chalcidian District. Mende. c. 520-480 BC. Tetradrachm, 16.31g. Obv: Donkey standing right, holding bunch of grapes in mouth. Above, ΜΙΝΔΑΙ retrograde. Dotted border. Rx: Four-part incuse square, diagonally divided. Noe, The Mende (Kaliandra) Hoard, NNM 27,17. Pozzi 772. SNG Oxford 2280. EF.
Ex Gorny 67, 2 May 1994, lot 85.
The donkey as the badge of Mende had Dionysiac origins. So here the bunch of grapes held by the donkey points to the god of wine.
Ex Gorny 67, 2 May 1994, lot 85.
The donkey as the badge of Mende had Dionysiac origins. So here the bunch of grapes held by the donkey points to the god of wine.