Mende was situated in Pallene in the Chalkidian district of Macedonia. Dionysos was particularly revered by the inhabitants.
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| AMNG III 29 | Mende, Macedonia, AR tetrobol 11mm, Ca 400-350 BC. 1.98g. Head of Dionysos left, wreathed with ivy / MENΔ-(AIΩN to left and right of amphora. AMNG III-2, 29; Regling 34 (ZfN XXXIV); SNG ANS 376 var. (head right). | Text | Image |
| AMNG III, 35 | Mende, Macedonia, AE12, Ca 400-350 BC. 3.28g. Head of Dionysos right, wreathed with ivy / MEN-ΔAI-ΩN to left, above and right of two amphorae. AMNG III-2, 35; SNG ANS 931-934. | Text | Image |
| BMC 3 | Mende, Macedonia. AR Hemiobol c. 480 BC. 0,31 g. Ass's head right / Quadripartite incuse square. Babelon pl. 51, 12. BMC 3. | Text | Image |
| BMC 7 | Mende, Macedonia, AR Samian Hemiobol. Ca 460-423 BC. 0.35g, 8mm. Forepart of ass standing right / Kantharos within incuse square. BMC 7; SNG ANS 362. | Text | Image |
| BMC 7var | Mende, Macedonia, archaic AR tritemorion, 8mm, 0.5 gr. Ass walking right / Kantharos between two pellets. BMC 7 var (forepart of ass). Apparently unpublished, the obverse usually being the forepart of an ass right. | Text | Image |
| BMC 11 | Mende, Macedonia, AE15. 400-346 BC. Head of young Dionysos wreathed with ivy / MENΔA, amphora, branch of ivy branch on each side. BMC 11; Moushmov 6392. | Text | Image |
| BMC 12 var | Mende, Macedonia, AE13, ca. 400-350 BC. Head of Dionysos right, wreathed with ivy / MENΔA above, two amphorae. SNG ANS 931-934; BMC 12 var (MENΔ); AMNG 34 var (ditto); Moushmov 6393. | Text | Image |
| Moushmov 6362 | Macedon, Mende AR Tetradrachm. Circa 460-423 BC. Inebriated Dionysos reclining on back of an ass, head turned right, holding a kantharos in extended right hand; crow standing on small bush with two branches before / MENΔAION, vine of 5 grape clusters within linear square, all within incuse square. Noe 38, SNG ANS 329v. | Text | Image |
| Moushmov 6363 | Mende, Macedonia, AR Diobol. Circa 423-358 BC. MIN above ass standing left / mill-sail incuse pattern. SNG ANS 304. | Text | Image |
| Moushmov 6365 | Macedonia, Mende AR Tetrobol. Circa 423-358 BC. Dionysos holding a kantharos reclining on the back of an ass / MENΔAON, Amphora with volute handles; in incuse square. SNG ANS 373. | Text | Image |
| Moushmov 6373 | Macedon, Mende. Circa 460-423 BC. AR Tetartemorion (0.35 gm). Forepart of an ass right / Kantharos within incuse square. SNG ANS 365, SNGCop 206.. | Text | Image |
| Moushmov 6374 | Mende, 5th-4th Century BC, AR Diobol. 0.837 grams. Head of young Dionysus right, wreathed with ivy / MENΔIAΩN, amphora with two handles. SNG ANS 377. | Text | Image |
| Moushmov 6384 | Macedonia, Mende. Circa 480 BC. AR Tetradrachm. Ass walking right, M on thigh; bird (starling) standing left on ass's rump, pecking for insects / Mill-sail incuse. Noe 6, AMNG 13cf, SNG ANS 293 var. | Text | Image |
| Moushmov 6388 | Macedonia, Mende AR Tetrobol. c460-423 BC. AR Silenos standing behind and restraining a donkey by its ears / MENΔAON, Crow standing right, all within incuse square. SNG ANS 353. | Text | Image |
| Moushmov 6392 | Mende, Macedonia AE10. Head of Dionysos right, wreathed with ivy / MEN to right of amphora. SNG ANS-395-396. | Text | Image |
| Noe 84 | Macedonia, Mende AR Tetradrachm. ca 430 BC. Dionysus, holding cantharus, reclining left on back of ass walking right / Grape vine in square frame surrounded by shallow incuse frame containing city name. | Text | Image |
| Pozzi 772 | Mende, Macedonia, AR tetradrachm, 17.23 g. IAΔNIM (MINΔAI retrograde) above ass walking right with a bunch of grapes in its mouth / Incuse divided into four equal parts by a raised X. Pozzi (Naville sale) 772 (this coin); Noe, Mende hoard, 17 (ditto); M&M Basel II, 492. | Text | Image |
| SNG ANS 296 | Macedonia, Mende AR Tetradrachm. ca 480 BC. M-I-NΔAION, ass advancing right, ivy wreath around midriff; bird (starling) standing left on ass's rump, pecking for insects / Mill-sail incuse square. Noe 12, AMNG III 13, SNG ANS 296. | Text | Image |
| SNGANS 311 | Mende, Macedonia, AR Trihemitartemorion (= 3/8 Obol), 500-475. 0,24 g. Ass's head right / Quadripartite incuse square. SNG ANS 311. Traité Pl. 51, 12. | Text | Image |
| SNGANS 317 | Mende, Macedonia, AR tritartemorion, 480-460 BC. 0,41g. Ass's head left. / Quadripartite incuse square divided by diagonal lines. SNG ANS 317; SNG Oxford 2282. | Text | Image |
| SNG ANS 322 | Macedonia, Mende, AE Hemiobol. 520-480 BC. Ass's head right / incuse circle divided into four sections. BMC 3; SNG ANS 322. | Text | Image |
| SNG ANS 333 | Macedonia, Mende AR Tetradrachm. Circa 460-423 BC. Inebriated Dionysos reclining left, holding kantharos, on back of an ass standing right; before, crow standing right on branch / MEN-ΔA-I-ON, vine of four grape clusters on raised central square within shallow incuse. Noe 50, SNG ANS 333. | Text | Image |
| SNG ANS 334 | Macedon, Mende AR Tetradrachm. Circa 460-423 BC. Inebriated Dionysos reclining on back of an ass, holding a kantharos; to right, crow between two branches / MENΔIAΩN, vine with six grape clusers in square. | Text | Image |
| SNG ANS 339 | Macedonia, Mende. Circa 460-423 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.72 gm, 12h). Inebriated Dionysos reclining left, holding kantharos, on back of an ass standing right / Vine of four grape clusters in linear square within shallow incuse. Noe 71, AMNG III/2, 20, SNG ANS 339. | Text | Image |
| SNG ANS 346bis | Macedonia, Mende AR Tetradrachm. Circa 423 BC. Inebriated Dionysos reclining left, holding kantharos, on back of an ass standing right / MEN-ΔA-I-ON, vine of four grape clusters within shallow linear incuse square. Noe 84/85cf, AMNG 20cf, SNG ANS 346/347 (obv./rev. dies). | Text | Image |
| SNG ANS 356 | Mende, Macedonia, Archaic AR Tritemorion, 8mm, 0.6 gm. Ass standing right, bird on back / Crow standing left within incuse square. SNG ANS 356. | Text | Image |
| SNG ANS 358 | Mende, Macedonia, AR Tritartemorion. Ca 460-423 BC. 0.62g, 10mm. Ass standing right / Crow standing left within incuse square. SNG ANS 358. | Text | Image |
| SNG ANS 362 | Mende, Macedonia, AR Samian Hemiobol. Ca 460-423 BC. 0.35g, 8mm. Forepart of ass standing right / Kantharos within incuse square. SNG ANS 362; BMC 7. | Text | Image |
| SNG ANS 371 | Mende, Macedonia, 1/4 obol, Ass's head right / incuse punch. | Text | Image |
| SNG ANS 372 | Mende, Macedonia, AR Tetrobol. Ca 424-358 BC. 2.63g, 16mm. Bearded Dionysos, holding kantharos, reclining left on ass right. MEN-Δ-AIH, Kantharos within incuse square. SNG ANS 372. | Text | Image |
| SNG ANS 396 | Mende, Macedonia, AE9, Ca 400-350 BC. 1.56g. Head of Dionysos right, wreathed with ivy / MIN to right of amphora, ivy branch to left. SNG ANS 396; BMC 13 var (MEN). | Text | Image |
| Sear SG 1280 | Mende, Macedon, AR Tritemorion. ca 500 BC, Head of braying ass left / Incuse square divided by broad bands into four squares. Moushmov 6382. | Text | Image |
| Sear SG 1408 | Mende, Macedonia, AR tetradrachm, 16.82 g. 460-423 BC. Dionysos, holding kantharos, reclining left, on the back of an ass right. / MENDAION around linear square containing bunch of grapes. SNG ANS 347; AMNG III-2, 20; Hoover HGC 547; Jameson 1697; Noe, Mende 85; Sear SG 1408. | Text | Image |
| Sear SG 1414 | Mende, Macedonia, AE17, ca 405-348 BC. Head of youthful Dionysos right, wreathed in ivy. / MEN, Amphora within wreath of ivy. Sear SG 1414; AMNG III-2, 31; Hoover HGC 574; Moushmov 6392. | Text | Image |
| See also: | Entry for Macedonia, Mende on the Digital Historia Numorum | ||
| Moushmov Online page for Mende | |||
