bgr_858641 - AIOLIS - LESBOS ISLAND - MYTILENE hemidrachme
250.00 €(Approx. 270.00$ | 210.00£)
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Type : hemidrachme
Date: c. 350-250 AC.
Mint name / Town : Mytilène, Éolide
Metal : silver
Diameter : 14 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 2,80 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie sur un flan court, centré, à l’usure régulière. Joli revers. Portrait agréable. 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 legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Lyre à six cordes, ornée d’une cordelette noueuse dans un carré linéaire , un thyrse dans le champ à gauche.
Reverse legend : MU/T-I
Reverse translation : (Mytilène).
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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