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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Geographic - All Periods| > |Anatolia| > |Lesbos| > SH86215
Mytilene, Lesbos, c. 377 - 326 B.C.
|Lesbos|, |Mytilene,| |Lesbos,| |c.| |377| |-| |326| |B.C.|, Mytilene was famous in ancient times for its great output of electrum coins struck from the late 6th through mid - 4th centuries B.C. The usual denomination was the hekte (1/6th stater). Warwick Wroth noted in the British Museum Catalog, "The Sixths of [this Lesbos electrum series] form one of the most beautiful coin-series of the ancient world. This will be evident from a glance."
SH86215. Electrum hekte, Bodenstedt 86, - (-/η, unlisted obv. die); HGC 6 1012 (R1); BMC Troas p. 163, 71; SNG Cop 319; SNGvA 7738; Traité II 2190, VF, classical style, obverse die rust, reverse die wear, tight flan, Mytilene mint, weight 2.529g, maximum diameter 11.1mm, die axis 15o, c. 377 - 326 B.C.; obverse head of Athena facing slightly right, wearing triple crested Attic helmet, earring, and necklace; reverse draped bust of Hermes right, petasos on string hanging behind his neck, all within a linear square, all in square incuse but not visible because the die was larger than the flan; rare; SOLD




  







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