Lot 3046
Macedon, Mende, c. 450-425 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.95 g). Dionysos holding kantharos and reclining left on back of donkey. Reverse: Circular disk with sixteen-rayed star; in each corner, a grape cluster flanked by trefoils; all within a thick linear square, around which is ethnic. Noe (ANS NNM 27, "The Mende/Kaliandra Hoard") Group III (cf. 86 for probably this obverse die); SNG ANS 348. Overstruck on an earlier coin. Quite porous. Very Rare. Sharpness of Very Fine or better.
Estimated Value $800 - 1,000.
Ex Goldberg Auction 55, lot 27; Ex Malter Auction XLVII (4/11/92), lot 56.
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