| CIVIC AR - SILVER |
| BMC 10 | Methymna, Lesbos, AR didrachm. 19mm, 6.43g. 450-406 BC. Head of Athena left wearing helmet decorated with a palmette / MAΘ-YMN-AI-ON (from above, clockwise) around a lyre on a slightly raised square, all within incuse square. BMC 10; Franke, Methymna 7A-7D; Imhoof MG 248; McClean 7987. | Text |  |
| Franke 11 | Methymna, Lesbos, AR obol. ca 450-406 BC. 8mm, 0.48 g. Archaic, helmeted head of Athena left. / Kantharos, M above, an ivy leaf to left and right, all within incuse square. Franke 11; Hoover HGC 903; Imhoof XXVI, 1 in ZFN 1897; Prokesch 6 in AZ 1849. | Text |  |
| G&M 196, 1632 | Methymna, Lesbos, AR hemiobol. ca 400 BC. 8 mm, 0.38 g. Bearded head of Silenos facing. / Tortoise in dotted square frame. Unpublished with square frame but several known. Aufhäuser 14, 127; Lanz 117, 112; G & M 196, 1632 (this example). See Traité 2263 below for the same type but in circular frame. | Text |  |
| Gokturk 51 | Methymna, Lesbos. AR Tetartemorion, 6 mm, 0.29 g. ca 480-460 BC. Facing head of Silenos. / Quadripartite incuse square. Göktürk 51 in Anadolu Vol. 1998; Anatolian Museum inv. 149.2.1.95. | Text |  |
| Gokturk 52 | Methymna, Lesbos. AR Tetartemorion, 6 mm, 0.25 g. ca 480-460 BC. Facing head of Silenos./ Bunch of grapes in dotted square. Göktürk 52 in Anadolu Vol. 1998; Anatolian Museum inv. 120.30.4.95. | Text |  |
| Gokturk 53 | Methymna, Lesbos, AR obol, ca 500-460 BC. 8 mm, 0.3 g. Helmeted head of Athena left. / Tortoise within dotted square, all within incuse square. Hoover HGC (Islands) 890; Gokturk 53 in Anadolu 1998; Gokturk 64 in Anadolu 1994. | Text |  |
| Hoover HGC 1894 | Methymna, Lesbos. AR hemiobol, 6 mm, 0.20 g. ca 480-460 BC. Facing head of Silenos. / MAΘ, rooster right in incuse square. Hoover HGC 1894; SNG Arikanturk 675. | Text |  |
| Klein 351 | Methymna, Lesbos, AR Obol. 0.55 gr. 420-377 BC. Helmeted head of Athena right / MAΘ, Kantharos within lined circle. Klein 351; cf BMC 11 (with MΘA). | Text |  |
| Klein 793 | Methymna, Lesbos, AR obol, ca 500-460 BC. 8 mm, 0.55 g. Helmeted head of Athena right. / Tortoise within dotted square, all within incuse square. Klein 793; Traité II 2255; Hoover HGC (Islands) 891; Imhoof Miszellen II, 65; Warren 1225 ("Lycia"). | Text |  |
| Rosen 549 | Lesbos, Methymna AR Stater. Circa 480 BC. MAΘYMNAIOΣ, boar standing right, head lowered / MAΘYMNAIOΣ, helmeted head of Athena right, dotted square border; all within an incuse square. Boston MFA 1659, Jameson 1466 var. | Text |  |
| Schoenert, Dikaia 21f | Methymna, Lesbos, AR Tritemorion or hemiobol, 7 mm, 0.29 g. 400 BC. Head of nymph left, wearing sakkos and earring / Rooster standing right in dotted square all within incuse square. Schoenert-Geiss, Dikaia 21f; SNG Turkey 9, 476. | Text |  |
| SNG Cop 352 | Methymna AR Triobol ca 330-280 BC. 2.92g. Head of Athena right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet with coiled serpent / MA-ΘY, kithara (lyre) with four strings, dolphin to left. SNG Cop 352; Franke 13. | Text |  |
| SNG Kayhan 96 | Methymna, Lesbos, AR hemiobol or 1/48th stater, ca. 400 BC. 7 mm, 0.36 g. Turtle seen from above / Wreath. SNG Kayhan 96; Mueller Coll. 603. | Text |  |
| Traite 21 | Methymna AR Diobol ca 500-450 BC. 1.35g. Facing head of Gorgoneion, tongue protruding / Head of Athena left, wearing Corinthian helmet, within dotted incuse square. Traite Pl. 15, 21; Franke, Methymna 5. | Text |  |
| Traite II-2, 2261 | Methymna AR Hemiobol, ca 360-330 BC. 0.25g, 6mm. Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet / Bunch of grapes within incuse linear circle. Traite II-2, 2261. | Text |  |
| Traite II-2, 2263 | Methymna, Lesbos. AR hemiobol. ca 450-406 BC. 8 mm, 0.41 g. Facing head of Silenos. / Tortoise within linear circle. Traité II-2 2263; Hoover HGC 901; Goektürk 62 in Anadolou Vol. 1994. | Text |  |
| CIVIC AE - BRONZE |
| BMC 2 | Lesbos, Methymna(?) AE 17mm. Circa 4th Century BC. Female head right, in stephane, earring and necklace / AIOΛE, thunderbolt; grapes below.
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| BMC 8-9 | Methymna, Lesbos. Koinon of Aiolis. AE18. ca 330-280 BC. 4.24 g. Head of Hera right, wearing stephane. / AIOΛE, Thunderbolt, caduceus below. BMC 8-9. | Text |  |
| BMC 18 | Lesbos, Methymna. 2nd-1st centuries BC. AE15mm, 4.29 g. Helmeted head of Athena right / MAΘY, Kantharos; bunch of grapes in left field. BMC 18-20; Franke 22F-22O; Weber 5663-5664; SNG Cop 354-355. | Text |  |
| BMC 27 | Methymna, Lesbos, AE12 civic issues. 167-1 BC. 1.95 g. Bull standing left; club above. / MAΘY, Arion, holding lyre, astride dolphin right. BMC 27; Franke Methymna 28. | Text |  |
| BMC 35 | Methymna, Lesbos, AE24, 2nd-1st C. BC. Laureate head of Apollo right / M-A Θ-Y in two lines across fields, Arion, wearing long chiton and chlamys, sitting facing on dolphin right, holding lyre in left hand and extending right hand. BMC 35; Franke Methymna 24A; BERLIN 28723; SNG Cop 361; Imhoof 2. | Text |  |
| CNG 450, 132 | Methymna, Lesbos, AE15 civic issue. 2nd-1st century BC. 4.12 g. Helmeted head of Athena right. / M-A Θ-Y in two lines across fields, Apollo standing left, holding patera and lyre. Unpublished. CNG 450, 132. | Text |  |
| Franke 19A | Methymna, Lesbos, AE11, after 200 BC. Helmeted head of Athena left / MA-ΘY across fields, lyre; crested helmet at upper left. Franke 19A; SNG Cop 353. | Text |  |
| Franke 19C | Methymna, Lesbos, AE10 civic issue. 200-10 BC. 1.64 g. Helmeted head of Athena left. / M-A Y-Θ in two lines to left and right of lyre, ivy leaf above. Franke Methymna 19C-20A; Weber 5665; Hunter 6. | Text |  |
| Franke 21 | Methymna AE, after 330 BC. 0.73g. Head of Athena left / M-A Θ-Y, 4-string lyre. Franke Methymna 21. | Text |  |
| Franke 22E | Methymna, Lesbos, AE11. Civic issue, 350-240 BC. 1.54 g. Helmeted head of Athena right. / M-A Θ-Y to left and right of kantharos, star above. Franke Methymna 22E; Berlin 1914.1316. | Text |  |
| Franke 24A | Methymna, Lesbos. AE15, civic issue, 350-240 BC. 2.75 g. Helmeted head of Athena right. / M-A-Θ-Y around Arion, holding lyre and plectrum, sitting right on a dolphin swimming right. Franke Methymna 24A-B; Berlin 28723. | Text |  |
| Franke 24A (2) | Methymna, Lesbos. AE14, civic issue, 350-240 BC. 2.64 g. Helmeted head of Athena right. / M-A-Θ-Y around Arion, holding lyre and plectrum, sitting right on a dolphin swimming right. Franke Methymna 24A-B; Berlin 28723; Mionnet Supp. VI, 32. | Text |  |
| Franke 25A | Methymna, Lesbos, AE10 civic issue. 200-10 BC. 1.86 g. Helmeted head of Athena right. / M-A Θ-Y in two lines across fields, kantharos, thunderbolt or horizontal corn ear above. Franke Methymna 25A. | Text |  |
| Franke 26 | Methymna, Lesbos. Civic issue. 100-1 BC. AE 10 mm, 0.44 g. Helmeted head of Athena right. / M-A beneath kantharos, dot in left and right fields. BMC 34; Franke Methymna 26; Berlin 11877. | Text |  |
| Franke 30 | Methymna, Lesbos, AE15, civic issue. 167-1 BC. 3.71 g. Bearded head of Dionysos Phallenos right, with long, pointed beard and hair in formal locks, wearing Phrygian cap. / MAΘYMNA, kantharos. Franke Methymna 30; Waddington 1379. | Text |  |
| Franke 31A | Methymna, Lesbos. AE21, civic issue, 167-100 BC. 5.44 g. Facing head of Dionysos, wreathed with ivy. / MA-ΘY in two lines within wreath. Franke Methymna 31A-31D; SNG Cop 362; SNG Munich 716; Mionnet III 53; Hoover HGC 912. | Text |  |
| M & M 27, 2105 | Methymna, Lesbos. AE21, civic issue, 200-10 BC. 4.02 g. Helmeted head of Athena right. / M-A Θ-Y to left and right of kantharos, small oinochoe in lower right field. Apparently unpublished with this symbol. M&M 27, 2105. | Text |  |
| SNG vA 1743 | Methymna AE17, 2nd-1st cent BC. 3.31g. Head of Athena right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet / MAΘY, kantharos. SNG von Aulock 1743; SNG München 714; Franke 25. | Text |  |
| AUGUSTUS |
| RPC 2337 | Augustus, AE19 of Methymna, Lesbos. Magistrate Alexander. 17 BC-AD 2. 5.6 g. CEBACTOC, bare head right, lituus to right. / MAΘYMNAIΩN AΛEXANΔΡOC, gugate bare heads of Caius and Lucius right. RPC I 2337; Mionnet III, 56. | Text |  |
| TRAJAN |
| Noury Bey 1442 | Trajan, AE17 of Methymna, Lesbos. AD 98-117. 3.72 g. TΡAIANOC KAICAΡ, laureate head right. / M-A Θ-Y in two lines to left and right of kantharos within dotted circle. Noury Bey Coll. 1442; RPC III 1681A. | Text |  |
| CARACALLA |
| Franke 24 corr | Caracalla AE24 of Methymna, Lesbos. AD 198-217. 10.02 g. AY K M AYΡ ANTΩNINOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right. / MHΘYNAIΩN, Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopiae. Franke, Methymna 24 corr. (OC of obv legend overlooked); Berlin 28723; Mionnet III, 63. | Text |  |
| Naville 41, 155 | Caracalla, AE33 of Methymna, Lesbos. AD 198-217. 20.28 g. AY KAI MAΡ AYΡ ANTΩNINOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right. / MHΘYMNAIΩN, Asklepios standing front, looking left, leaning on serpent-entwined staff. Apparently unpublished. Naville 41, 155. | Text |  |
| GETA |
| CNG 197, 71 | Geta AE20 of Methymna, Lesbos. AD 198-209. 4.76 g. Π CEΠT ΓETAC KA, bare-headed, draped, cuirassed bust right. / MHΘYMNAIΩN, helmeted and draped bust of Athena right, wearing aegis. Apparently unpublished. CNG 197, 71. | Text |  |
| SEVERUS ALEXANDER |
| Franke 32-33 | Severus Alexander, AE24 of Methymna, Lesbos. AD 222-235. AY K M AYΡ C AΛEXANΔΡOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right. / MHΘYMNAIΩN, Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopiae. Franke 32-33; SNG von Aulock 7748; Napoli 7998; SNG Munich 719. | Text |  |
| Franke 34 var | Severus Alexander, AE34 of Methymna, Lesbos. AD 222-235. Magistrate Lollianos. 21.69 g. AY K M AYΡ CE AΛEXANΔΡOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right. / EΠ CTΡ ΛOΛΛIANOY MHΘYMNAIΩN. Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopiae. Slight obv legend var of Franke 34 (CEOYH). | Text |  |
| Paris 2009-71 | Severus Alexander, AE33 of Methymna, Lesbos. AD 222-235. AY K M AY CE AΛEXANΔΡOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / E AΠ AY ZOCIMOY MHΘYMNAIΩN, Athena standing right, holding spear and resting hand on shield at her feet, facing Dionysos standing left, holding kantharos and thyrsos, panther at foot left. Paris 2009.71, otherwise unpublished. | Text |  |
| JULIA MAMAEA |
| Kurth Dionysos 1844 | Julia Mamaea, AE33 of Methymna, Lesbos. AD 222-235. 20.98 gr. IOVΛIA MAMAIA CEBA, draped bust right / EAΡ AY ΔΩΣINOY Γ MHΘYMNAIΩN, Athena standing right, holding spear and shield, facing Dionysos standing left, holding kantharos and thyrsos, panther at his feet left. Kurth Dionysos 1844. CNG 180, 94. | Text |  |
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