GREEK COINS, Greek Coins, Mende, Tetradrachm, c. 460-423, inebriated Dionysos holding kantharos, reclining left on back of an ass standing right, rev. vine of four grape clusters in linear square within shallow incuse, 17.06g/12h (Noe, Mende, 85; Wealth of the Roman World 74; SNG ANS 347). Obverse extremely fine, reverse very fine, most attractively toned (£2,500-3,000)

Provenance:
N. Bunker Hunt Collection, Part I, Sotheby Auction (New York), 19 June 1990, lot 72
Leu Auction 57, 1993, lot 64.

Illustrated on the back cover