Macedonia, Mende
Tetradrachm circa 520-480, AR 17.23 g. MINA retrograde Ithyphallic ass walking r., crow perching l. on its back. Rev. Mill sail incuse. Asyut 207. SNG Lockett 1335 (this coin). Noe, Mende –, cf. 2. Exceedingly rare and one of the finest specimens known of one of the earliest issues of Mende. Light old cabinet tone, obverse slightly off-centre and reverse surface slightly porous, otherwise extremely fine Ex Glendining’s 12-13 February 1958, Lockett, part VI, 1255. From an Exceptional Collection assembled between the early 70s-late 90s.