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Ancient Coinage of Lesbos, Mytilene


Mytilene on the Island of Lesbos, in the Aegean Sea

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BMC 12Lesbos, Mytilene AR Hemidrachm. 400-350 BC. Head of Apollo right / Female head (Aphrodite?) right, wearing earring, hair rolled. TextObvRev
Bodenstedt 1Lesbos, Mytilene EL Hekte. ca 521 BC. Forepart of bull running left, M before / incuse head of roaring lion left, incuse punches behind. TextImage
Bodenstedt 4Lesbos, Mytilene El Hekte. ca 515 BC. Forepart of bull running left / incuse head of roaring lion left, behind neck truncation incuse rectangle with uneven surface. TextObvRev
Bodenstedt 7Lesbos, Mytilene EL Hekte. Circa 521-478 BC. Head of a roaring lion right / Incuse head of a cock left. Rosen 552, SNG Copenhagen 302. TextObvRev
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Bodenstedt 10Lesbos, Mytilene EL Hekte. Circa 521-478 BC. Forepart of winged boar right / Incuse head of roaring lion left. Boston MFA 1678 corr. TextImage
Bodenstedt 11LESBOS, Mytilene. c521-478 BC. EL Hekte. Head of ram right; cock below / Incuse head of roaring lion left, punch behind. Boston MFA 1677. TextImage
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Bodenstedt 12Lesbos, Mytilene EL Hekte. Circa 521-478 BC. Head of roaring lion right / Incuse head of cow left. BMC 23. TextImage
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Bodenstedt 13-16Lesbos, Mytilene. c521-478 BC. EL Hekte. Head of a roaring lion right / Incuse head of calf right. TextImage
Bodenstedt 13Lesbos, Mytilene EL Hekte. Circa 521-478 BC. Head of a roaring lion right / Incuse head of calf right. Dewing 2233, SNGvA 1685. TextObvRev
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Bodenstedt 15Lesbos, Mytilene EL Hekte. ca 521-478 BC. Forepart of a winged boar right / Incuse roaring lion's head right. Boston MFA 1676. TextObvRev
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Bodenstedt 16Lesbos, Mytilene. c521-478 BC. EL Hekte. Head of ram right; cock below / Incuse head of roaring lion, punch behind. TextImage
Bodenstedt 18Lesbos, Mytilene. Circa 521-478 BC. EL Hekte. Ram's head right / Incuse head of Herakles right. TextObvRev
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Bodenstedt 19Lesbos, Mytilene EL Hekte. ca 521-478 BC. Facing gorgoneion with protruding tongue / Incuse head of Herakles right, in lion's skin headdress. Boston MFA 1675. TextImage
Bodenstedt 35Lesbos, Mytilene EL Hekte. ca 454-427 BC. Helmeted head of Athena right / Confronted steer heads. SNG von Aulock 1695. TextImage
Bodenstedt 37Lesbos, Mytilene EL Hekte. ca 454-427 BC. Diademed head of a Silenos right / Butting ram heads, palmette between. Boston MFA 1685, SNG Lockett 275. TextImage
Bodenstedt 38Lesbos, Mytilene EL Hekte. Circa 454-427 BC. Head of Selinos facing slightly left / Head of roaring lion right. TextImage
Bodenstedt 42Lesbos, Mytilene EL Hekte. Circa 454-427 BC. Forepart of goat right, head reverted / Owl facing, with outspread wings, within linear square. Boston MFA 1682; SNG von Aulock 1693. TextImage
Bodenstedt 52Mytilene. c454-427 BC. EL Hekte. Head of youth right in taenia / Archaic bearded head (Dionysos?) right, within linear square. Boston MFA 1700; SNGvA 7731. TextImage
Bodenstedt 54Lesbos, Mytelene, Electrum 1/6 stater. 478-455 BC. Head of Pan right / Gorgon facing, inside incuse square. TextObvRev
Bodenstedt 56Lesbos, Mytilene EL Hekte. ca 454-427 BC. Laureate head of Apollo right / Cow's head right in incuse square. Boston MFA 1702. TextImage
Bodenstedt 58Lesbos, Mytilene EL Hekte. ca 454-427 BC. Laureate head of Apollo right / Hen walking right in linear square within incuse square. Traité II 2199, SNG von Aulock 1699. TextImage
Bodenstedt 67Lesbos, Mytilene EL Hekte. ca 412-378 BC. Head of Zeus Ammon right / Female head right in stephane within linear square. Boston MFA 1710. TextImage
Bodenstedt 73Lesbos, Mytilene EL Hekte. ca 412-378 BC. Helmeted head of Athena right / Head of Artemis-Kybele right, in stephanos, within linear square. Boston MFA 1709. TextImage
Bodenstedt 77Lesbos, Mytilene EL Hekte. Circa 412-378 BC. Diademed head of Io right / Laureate head of Dionysos right. BMC 74, SNGCop 326. TextImage
Bodenstedt 83Lesbos, Mytilene EL Hekte. ca 377-326 BC. Head of Hermes right, in kausia / Crouching panther within linear square. Boston MFA 1740, Dewing 2240. TextImage
Bodenstedt 86Lesbos, Mytilene EL Hekte. Circa 377-326 BC. Head of Athena facing slightly right, in triple crested Attic helmet / Head of Hermes right, Petasos hanging behind head. BMC 71, Boston MFA 1733, SNGCop 319. TextImage
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Bodenstedt 87Lesbos, Mytilene EL Hekte. ca 377-326 BC. Wreathed head of young Dionysos right / Head of a satyr right. SNG von Aulock 1719. TextImage
Bodenstedt 88Lesbos, Mytilene EL Hekte. Circa 377-326 BC. Wreathed head of Persephone right / Butting bull left within linear square. Boston MFA 1722, SNG von Aulock 7737, SNG Lockett 2765, SNG Fitzwilliam 4350, Weber 5616 TextImage
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Bodenstedt 89Lesbos, Mytilene EL Hekte. ca 377-326 BC. EL Hekte. Wreathed head of Dionysos right / Wreathed head of Persephone right in linear square. Weber 5624. TextImage
Bodenstedt 90Lesbos, Mytilene EL Hekte. ca 377-326 BC. Wreathed head of young Dionysos right / Facing head of Silenos within linear square. Jameson 1488, Boston MFA 1725. TextImage
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Bodenstedt 91Lesbos, Mytilene EL Hekte. Circa 377-326 BC. Veiled head of Demeter right / Tripod tied with filet. SNG von Aulock 1726, Boston MFA 1743, BMC Troas 121, SNG Lockett 2766, Pozzi 2335. TextObvRev
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Bodenstedt 92Lesbos, Mytilene EL Hekte. ca 352 BC. Bust of maenad right, head thrown back, hair bound with sphendone, drapery covering left shoulder & breast / Race torch. SNG von Aulock 1723. TextObvRev
Bodenstedt 94Lesbos, Mytilene EL Hekte. ca 377-326 BC. Laureate head of Apollo right / Lyre within linear square. Boston MFA 1741. TextImage
Bodenstedt 95Lesbos, Mytilene EL Hekte. c377-326 BC. Laureate head of Apollo right / Head of female within linear square. Boston MFA 1727, Weber 5626. TextImage
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Bodenstedt 95aLesbos, Mytilene. Circa 377-326 BC. Electrum Hekte. Laureate head of Apollo right / Female head right within linear square. TextImage
Bodenstedt 96Lesbos, Mytilene EL Hekte. ca 377-326 BC. Laureate head of Zeus right / Forepart of serpent right within linear square border. Boston MFA 1730-1731. TextImage
Bodenstedt 100Lesbos, Mytilene EL Hekte. ca 377-326 BC. Laureate head of Apollo right / Head of Artemis right, hair in sphendone; serpent behind. Boston MFA 1720. TextImage
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Bodenstedt 100bLesbos, Mytilene EL Hekte. Circa 377-326 BC. Laureate head of Apollo right; serpent to left / Head of Artemis right in linear square. SNG Copenhagen 317. TextImage
Bodenstedt 101Mytilene. c377-326 BC. EL Hekte. Laureate head of Zeus right / Half-length bust of Nike right with wings spread; two stars above; all in linear square. SNGvA 7741. TextImage
Bodenstedt 104Lesbos, Mytilene EL Hekte. ca 377-326 BC. Head of Apollo Karneios right, in horn of Ammon / Eagle standing right, head turned to the left; within linear square. Boston MFA 1738-1739. TextImage
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SNGCop 370Lesbos, Mytilene AR Diobol. Circa 400-350 BC. Laureate head of Apollo right / Calf's head right. TextImage
Weber_5673Lesbos, Mytilene AR Stater. Circa 350-250 BC. Laureate head of Apollo right / MY/T-I, lyre; all within a linear square. SNG von Aulock 7751, SNG Lockett 2782, Pozzi 2345. TextImage
Sear #4245Lesbos, Mytilene El Hekte. ca 454-427 BC. Diademed female head facing slightly right / Bull's head left; M above. BMC 50. TextImage
Sear #4250Lesbos, Mytelene EL Hekte. Circa 400 BC. Laureate head of Apollo right / Head of Artemis right, inside linear square. Bodenstedt 100ff.
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Sear #4262Lesbos AR Diobol. 400-350 BC. Laureate head of Apollo right / Female head right, cicada behind. TextObvRev
Sear #4265Lesbos AR Hemidrachm. Circa 400-350 BC. Laureate head of Apollo right / Lyre, MY T I in fields, thyrsos to left. TextObvRev
Sear #4272Ephesus, Ionia, AR Tetradrachm. 387-295 BC. Bee, with straight wings, E-F at sides / POLYZHLOS, forepart of stag right, head turned, palm behind. TextObvRev
See also: Perseus Project database, coins of Mytelene
Search for Lesbos, Mytilene at CoinArchives.com
Entry for Lesbos, Mytilene on the Digital Historia Numorum
Search for Mytilene in the British SNG Volumes' Database at the Fitzwilliam Museum
Search for Mytilene at AncientImports.com
Search for Mytilene at Incitatus Coins

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