Nomos 15

MACEDON. Mende. Circa 460-423 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 27 mm, 17.20 g, 12 h), circa 430-423. Dionysos, wearing ivy wreath and himation and with his head turned forward, reclining on a donkey walking to right; he holds, with his right hand, a kantharos, propped on his right knee, and rests his left hand on the donkey’s side. Rev. ΜΕΝΔΑΙΟΝ Linear square divided into four compartments, the beams studded with nails; all within incuse square. AMNG pl. 1, 16 and Kraay & Hirmer 404 (same dies). Noe, Mende 83. SNG Spencer Churchill, 113 (this coin). A lovely, clear and attractive example with a fine pedigree. Some very minor crystalization on the obverse, otherwise, good very fine.

From the Molard Collection, Switzerland, and from that of M. Eddé, ex Numismatic Fine Arts XVIII, 31 March 1987, 102, from the collections of R. A. van Every, Bank Leu 15, 4 May 1976, 177, the Spencer Churchill's of Northwick Park, Christie’s 7 December 1965, 93, and of E.G. Spencer Churchill, Ars Classica XVI, 3 July 1933, 1006, and from the Kalliandra Hoard of 1913 (IGCH 358).