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Chalcidian District. Mende. c. 425 BC. Tetradrachm, 16.91g. (5h). Obv: Dionysus holding kantharos reclining on ass. Rx: ΜΕΝΔΑΙΟΝ Grape vine with four bunches of grapes within square. Noe, The Mende (Kaliandra) Hoard, NNM 27 (1926), p. 36, 93. Jameson 1965. SNG ANS 350 (same obverse die). Artistically this is one of the finest dies of the Mende series. Some reverse porosity. Toned EF/VF.
Ex Superior, 30 May 1995, lot 7256, Lewis Egnew Collection. Ex NFA, 14 December 1989, lot 425.
On this obverse, the drunken god Dionysus looks like a philosopher rather than the raving god of wine. A wonderful work of art, obviously stimulated by the Attic school that made the Parthenon frieze.
Ex Superior, 30 May 1995, lot 7256, Lewis Egnew Collection. Ex NFA, 14 December 1989, lot 425.
On this obverse, the drunken god Dionysus looks like a philosopher rather than the raving god of wine. A wonderful work of art, obviously stimulated by the Attic school that made the Parthenon frieze.