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Both sides of an irregularly shaped silver-gray coin with relief decoration on each side. 

Tetradrachm of Mende, Macedonia

Greek

Obverse: Drunken Dionysos (or Hephaistos?) reclining on the back of a donkey walking to r. He is bearded, crowned with ivy, his naked torso in three quarter facing, a himation draped around his lower body, he holds a kantharos in his r. hand. Border of dots. Reverse: vine within a linear square. Around name of the city in incuse square.

Silver

Classical period, High

Coins