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Mytilene, Lesbos, 188 - 170 B.C., In the Name Alexander the Great
Mytilene was initially confined to a small island, that was later joined to Lesbos. After defeating a Mytilene revolt in 428 B.C., the Athenian public assembly voted to massacre all the men and to sell the women and children into slavery. When it changed its mind the next day, a fast trireme sailed the 186 nautical miles (344 km) in less than a day and prevented the massacre. Her most famous residents were the poets Sappho and Alcaeus, the statesman Pittacus (one of the Seven Sages of ancient Greece), and Aristotle, who lived in Mytilene for two years. The Romans, among whom was a young Julius Caesar, successfully besieged Mytilene in 80 B.C. In 56 A.D., Paul the Apostle stopped there on the return trip of his third missionary journey (Acts 20:14).GS110111. Silver tetradrachm, unpublished variant, Price 1733 var. (ivy leaf vice aphlaston under throne), Müller Alexander -, Hersh -, SNG Greece -, SNG Cop -, VF, toned, scratches and marks, hammered flan, Mytilene mint, weight 16.151g, maximum diameter 33.8mm, die axis 0o, c. 188 - 170 B.C.; obverse head of Herakles right, wearing Nemean Lion skin, scalp over head, forepaws tied at neck; reverse Zeus Aëtophoros enthroned left, nude to the waist, himation around hips and legs, eagle in right hand, long scepter vertical behind in left hand, right leg drawn back, AΛEΞANΔPOY downward on right, two pilei over ΔΨ monogram over chelys (lyre) lower left, aphlaston below throne; from the Shawn Caza Collection, ex Dorotheum (Vienna, Austria); zero sales of this type listed on Coin Archives in the last two decades; extremely rare; SOLD
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