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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Geographic - All Periods| > |Anatolia| > |Lesbos| > GS76285
Methymna, Lesbos, c. 450 - 379 B.C.
|Lesbos|, |Methymna,| |Lesbos,| |c.| |450| |-| |379| |B.C.|, Methymna, the prosperous second city of Lesbos, was, According to myth, named after a daughter of Lesbos, the patron god of the island, and Macar, the island's first king. Methymna had a long-standing rivalry with Mytilene and sided with Athens during the Mytilenaean revolt in 428 B.C. All the other cities of Lesbos sided with Mytilene. After Athenians put down the revolt, only Methymna was spared from being made a cleruchy. After 427, Methymna and Chios were the only members of the Delian League to remain self-governing and exempt from tribute, indicating a privileged position within the Athenian Empire. Methymna was briefly captured by the Spartans in summer 412, but quickly retaken by the Athenians. When the Spartan Kallikratidas besieged Methymna in 406, the city stayed loyal to its Athenian garrison and held out until it was betrayed by several traitors.
GS76285. Silver obol, SNG Cop 351, Klein 351, HGC 6 904 (R2), SNGvA -, VF, centered, uneven toning, die wear and cracks, tiny flan cracks, light corrosion, Methymna mint, weight 0.520g, maximum diameter 8.1mm, die axis 270o, c. 450/40 - 406/379 B.C.; obverse head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet with spiral floral ornament; reverse kantharos, MAΘ around, linear circle border, all within a round incuse; SOLD










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