Tetradrachm of Mende

Place of OriginGreece, Mende

Dateabout 450-423 BCE

MediumCoin; die-stamped silver

ClassificationMetalwork

Credit LineGift of Elmer and Dennis Kapp

Object number

1982.222

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DescriptionObverse: Dionysos reclining on a mule and holding a Kantharos. Reverse: MEN?AION and palmettes arranged in a square incuse.

Label TextThe Macedonian city of Mende was famed for its wine. Its distinctive coinage shows Dionysos, god of wine, riding a donkey.

Priam Painter

about 510-500 BCE

about 320-319 BCE

321-281 BCE

54-68 CE

134-138 CE

about 101 BCE

about 112 CE

early 2nd century BCE

121-96 BCE

about 125 BCE

about 94 BCE

about 92 BCE

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