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Features

Issuer	Methymna (Lesbos)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	200 BC - 1 BC
Currency	Drachm
Composition	Bronze
Weight	1.87 g
Diameter	11 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 459233
References	Franke Münzprägung# 22 Peter Robert Franke; 1975. Zur Münzprägung von Methymna. Hans Günter Buchholz, Mainz, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany. , HGC 6# 916 Oliver D. Hoover; 2010. Handbook of Coins of the Islands / Volume 6: Adriatic, Ionian, Thracian, Aegean, and Carpathian Seas (excluding Crete and Cyprus) : Sixth to First Centuries BC. Classical Numismatic Group, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States / London, United Kingdom.

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Obverse

Helmeted head of Athena right.

Reverse

Kantharos; above, grain ear right.

Script: Greek

Lettering:
Μ Α
Υ Θ

Mint

Mithymna, Lesbos, modern-day Mithymna, Greece

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (200 BC - 1 BC)							$ 96

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Grade	Sold price
	Numismatik Naumann GmbH Auction 69 Lot 118	2 Sep 2018	VF	USD 81.41 (EUR 70.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Numismatik Naumann GmbH Auction 41 Lot 251	6 Mar 2016	VF	USD 116.31 (EUR 100.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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