bgr_936948 - AIOLIS - LESBOS ISLAND - MYTILENE Diobole
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Price : 650.00 €
Type : Diobole
Date: c. 400-350 AC.
Mint name / Town : Mytilène, Éolide
Metal : silver
Diameter : 11 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 1,35 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire de qualité exceptionnelle sur un flan idéalement centré des deux côtés. Portraits de toute beauté. Patine grise
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête laurée d’Apollon à droite, les cheveux longs tombant sur la nuque.
Reverse
Reverse description : Tête féminine à droite.
Reverse legend : MUTI
Reverse translation : (Mytilène).
Commentary
Poids léger.
Historical background
AIOLIS - LESBOS ISLAND - MYTILENE
(4th - 3rd century BC)
The island of Lesbos is located opposite the western coast of Asia Minor, at the entrance to the Gulf of Adramyteion at the mouth of the Hellespont. Mytilene, located on the eastern part of the island facing the mainland, was the main city.
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