Stater
Features
| Issuer |
Mytilene
(Lesbos)  |
|---|---|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 454 BC - 427 BC |
| Value | Stater (1) |
| Currency | Phocaean stater |
| Composition | Electrum |
| Weight | 15.44 g |
| Diameter | 19 mm |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Hammered, Incuse |
| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 556763 |
| References | Bodenstedt# 60.2 Friedrich Bodenstedt; 1981. Die Elektronmünzen von Phokaia und Mytilene. Ernst Wasmuth, Tübingen, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany. British Museum (publisher). A Catalogue of the Greek Coins in the British Museum. British Museum, London, United Kingdom (28 volumes).Ernest Babelon; 1910. Traité des monnaies grecques et romaines / Partie 2.2. Description historique: Comprenant les monnaies de l'empire des Perses Achéménides, de l'orient sémitique et de l'Asie-mineure aux Ve et IVe siècles avant J.-C.. Éditions Ernest Leroux, Paris, France. |
Obverse
Head of Apollo in laurel wreath, right.
Script: Greek
Lettering: ΜΥΤΙ
Reverse
Four-part incuse square.
Mint
Mytilene, Lesbos, modern-day Mytilene, GreeceSee also
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
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| ND (454 BC - 427 BC) | 
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Numista Rarity index: 100
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Examples of the type
© British Museum, 1889,0603.1
19 mm • 15.44 g
19 mm • 15.44 g
BMC Greek (Troas, Aolis, Lesbos) p. 158, 28; Bodenstedt p. 240, 60.2.1
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