Asia Minor Coins - Photo Gallery

Ancient Greek and Roman coins from Asia Minor


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Mytilene (BC 454-427) EL Hekte - B58282 viewsca 454-427 BC. EL Hekte (2.56g, 10.5mm, 4h). Laureate head of Apollo facing right / Rock partridge standing right in linear square, letter “F” in front, all within incuse square. gVF. Carr coll.

Bodenstedt notes 5 examples of this emission. A further 8 examples, including this one, have appeared at auction. A close examination of the examples that have appeared at auction reveals that 5 of the 8 are from the same reverse die, which shows deterioration and progression of a die crack. The sequence from no die crack is as follows: Roma Auc. X (4/2016), lot 370; CNG Auc. 102 (5/2016), lot 423 (this coin); CNG Auc, Triton XIX (1/2016), lot 198; CNG Auc. 69 (6/2005), lot 377 (Asia Minor Coins, Coin ID #1947); and CNG Auc. 384 (10/2016), lot 218. This group of 5 coins from the same reverse die also reveals what appears to be a letter “F” in front of the breast of the partridge. This letter is more distinct in in some coins than in others and has previously gone unrecorded in the descriptions of these coins.
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Mytilene (BC 454-427) EL Hekte - B59414 viewsca 454-427 BC. EL Hekte (10mm, 2.51g). Laureate head of Apollo right / Head of a goat right. VF. Very rare.
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Mytilene (BC 454-427) EL Hekte - B59252 viewsca 454-427 BC. EL Hekte (2.48g, 7h, 11mm). Laureate head of Apollo right / Head of a goat right. VF. Carr coll.

Eight known to Bodenstedt, seven others known of which this is the seventh.
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Mytilene (BC 454-427) EL Hekte - B59464 viewsca 454-427 BC. EL Hekte (2.56g, 11mm, 1h). Laureate head of Apollo right / Goat head to right within square linear frame. EF.

8 known to Bodenstedt, this appears to be the 9th additional offered at auction.
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Mytilene (BC 454-427) EL Hekte - B60965 viewsca 430-410 BC. EL Hekte (2.56g). Laureate head of Apollo facing right / Head of 'eagle griffin' facing right, with stylized eagle head, reptile crest and goat beard, within a square frame of thin lines adorned with dots; the whole within incuse square. Scratch on obverse but exceptional head of griffin on reverse. VF.
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Mytilene (BC 454-427) EL Stater - B60.21001 viewsca 428-427 BC. EL Stater (15.45g). Laureate head of Apollo right, hair short; MVTI above / Quadripartite incise square. aEF.

This is the only example known and is noted in Bodenstedt as being in the British Museum (BMC 28 Pl. 32,1). It has been speculated that this may have been issued at the time of the Lesbian revolt from Athens, 428/7 BC.
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Mytilene (BC 477-455) EL Hekte - B-443 viewsca 478-455 BC. EL Hekte (2.50g, 9.5mm, 11h). Head of female right, hair bound in sakkos; Λ¬E flanking neck; all on raised disk / Incuse head of cock right; small square behind neck. gVF.

The cataloguer at CNG described this coin as “Unique.” If genuine, this is a fascinating and important coin as its obverse and reverse are of an unknown type and the obverse appears to be a ‘shield-like’. The obverse has a ‘hint’ of an under-type at 5 o’clock.

The coin is an ‘enigma’: The reverse is a cock's head facing right. B3, B7 and B9 are comparable portraits but all face left. The reverse type suggests that the coin is pre-455 BC but the obverse has a portrait of a woman which is unknown for the early series. The 'shield-like' attachment on the obverse does not have a precedent in the Mytilene series.
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Mytilene (BC 477-455) EL Hekte - B221981 viewsca 479 BC. EL Hekte (2.57g). Head of ram right, cock below standing left / Incuse bull's head left. EF.
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Mytilene (BC 477-455) EL Hekte - B231439 viewsca 478-455 BC. EL Hekte (2.53g). Forepart of a bridled horse to right, wearing necklace of large beads and with ornamented truncation; ΛΕ below / Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress and with neck ornamented with small squares; all in incuse. An extremely rare and attractive hekte, combining dies used in other issues, all from roughly the same time period. Extremely fine. Anthemion coll. USA, acquired privately from Antiqua Inc., ca 2001.

This very rare issue combines a wonderful obverse die used for Bodenstedt 20, with the reverse type of the incuse head of Herakles that appeared in issues 17-19 and 21. The present obverse is one of the very few produced at Mytilene that bear the initial letters of the name of the island; Lesbos.
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Mytilene (BC 477-455) EL Hekte - B23606 viewsca 470 BC. EL Hekte (2.51g). Forepart of a bridled horse right, wearing necklace of large beads and with ornamented truncation, ΛΕ below / Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress and with neck ornamented with small squares; all in incuse. Ex Gemini IX, lot 108; Ex Zuzim; Ex Kunker 243, lot 4633 (11/2013). Carr coll.

This obverse is one of the very few produced at Mytilene that bears the initial letters of the island Lesbos. At time of auction only one other known outside Bodenstedt.
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Mytilene (BC 477-455) EL Hekte - B24941 viewsca 478-455 BC. EL Hekte (2.52g, 9h). Head of roaring lion right / Incuse head of calf right. Good VF, toned. Very rare, only 8 examples listed by Bodenstedt.
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Mytilene (BC 477-455) EL Hekte - B24465 viewsca 478-455 BC. EL Hekte (2.49g, 12h). Head of roaring lion right / Incuse head of calf right. Carr coll.

One of the better struck examples of this type, but with very long tongue. Eight known to Bodenstedt, four others known of which this is the fourth.
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Mytilene (BC 477-455) EL Hekte - B25380 viewsca 478-455 BC. EL Hekte (2.48g, 10mm). Head of roaring lion right / Calf's head to the left. VF.

Bodenstedt records two examples of this type. A further single examples has appeared in an auction.
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Mytilene (BC 477-455) EL Hekte - B26326 viewsca 478-455 BC. EL Hekte. Forepart of a bull charging right / Incuse lion head, facing right. One known to Bodenstedt. A further example has yet to appear at auction.
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Mytilene (BC 477-455) EL Hekte - B27424 viewsca 478-455 BC. EL Hekte (2.48g, 9h, 10mm). Ram's head right with rooster below / Incuse punch of bull's head. Good VF. Ex Ponterio Auc N.Y.I.N.C. (1/2013) lot 200. Carr coll.

Eleven known to Bodenstedt, a further seven examples have been sold at auction.
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Mytilene (BC 477-455) EL Hekte - B27465 viewsca 478­-455 BC. EL Hekte (10.5mm, 2.52g, 5h). Head of ram right; below, cock standing left / Incuse head of bull right. Good VF, lightly toned. Unusual centering, allowing full view of cock.
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Mytilene (BC 477-455) EL Hekte - B281560 viewsca 478-455 BC. EL Hekte (2.54g, 9h). Head of lion right / Incuse head of bull right. Good VF, toned. Extremely rare, Bodenstedt recorded only 4 examples.
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Mytilene (BC 477-455) EL Hekte - B28323 viewsca 478-455 BC. EL Hekte (2.42g, 8h, 10mm). Head of lion right, ΛE below / Incuse head of bull right.

Four examples of this coin type are recorded in Bodenstedt, and nine further examples have appeared in auction with only four recording ΛE on the obverse. gVF. Carr coll.
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Mytilene (BC 477-455) EL Hekte - B29991 viewsca 477-455 BC. EL Hekte (2.51g, 9h). Head of Herakles right, wearing lion's skin / Incuse head of calf right. EF.
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Mytilene (BC 477-455) EL Hekte - B30623 viewsca 463 BC. EL Hekte (11mm, 2.50g). Helmeted head of Athena right / Incuse head of facing lion. EF. Very rare.
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Mytilene (BC 477-455) EL Hekte - B30337 viewsca 478-455 BC. EL Hekte (2.45g, 5h, 11mm). Attic helmeted head of Athena right / Incuse head of facing lion. VF. Ex Velkov coll., Vinchon Auc. (Paris, 11/1994), lot 127. Carr coll.

Six examples of this coin type are recorded in Bodenstedt and eight further examples have appeared in auction.
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Mytilene (BC 477-455) EL Hekte - B31358 viewsca 478-455 BC. EL Hekte (2.60g, 1h, 11mm). Laureate head of Apollo right / Incuse head of Artemis (?) right wearing sphendone. About VF. Carr coll.

One known to Bodenstedt, one further example has been sold at auction – this coin.
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Mytilene (BC 477-455) EL Hekte - B32333 viewsca 478-455 BC. EL Hekte. Laureate head of Apollo facing left / Incuse female head, facing right wearing spendone. One known to Bodenstedt. A further example has yet to appear at auction.
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Mytilene (BC 477-455) EL Hekte - B341096 viewsca 478-455 BC. EL Hekte (2.52g, 11mm). Head of Silenos facing slightly right / Incuse archaic head of lion left. EF.
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Mytilene (BC 477-455) EL Hekte - B34656 viewsca 478-455 BC. EL Hekte (10mm, 2.52g, 3h). Bearded head of Silenos facing slightly right / Incuse head of roaring lion left. EF, toned. Exceptional.
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Mytilene (BC 477-455) EL Hekte - B34218 viewsca 478-455 BC. EL Hekte (2.46g, 11mm). Bearded head of Silenos facing slightly right / Incuse head of roaring lion left. VF.
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Mytilene (BC 477-455) EL Hekte - B53.2603 viewsca 477-455? BC. EL Hekte (10mm, 2.48g). Gorgoneion facing / Incuse head of lynx facing. VF/EF. Extremely rare.
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Mytilene (BC 477-455) EL Hekte - B53.2644 viewsca 370 BC EL Hekte (2.57g, 10mm, 6h). Facing gorgoneion / Incuse head of lynx facing. EF

2 known to Bodenstedt, this appears to be the 4th additional example offered at auction.
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Mytilene (BC 521-478) EL 1/12 Stater - B-541 viewsca 530-522 BC. EL Hemihekte (1.25g, 9.4mm). Forepart of winged boar, right / Incuse head of man-headed bull / river god, left. Obverse struck from rusty die, otherwise gVF. Carr coll.

The cataloguer at CNG described this coin as “Unpublished. Unique, and this issue is unknown in any other denomination.” A fascinating and important coin, as it confirms that a fraction, in addition to Hekte, was issued by Mytilene. Bodenstedt suggested a series of fractional emissions could be attributed to Mytilene - these have a calf head facing right on the obverse and incuse square on the reverse. This attribution is disputed by many scholars (see Coin ID #12959). In this context, this new fraction is of significant interest.
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Mytilene (BC 521-478) EL 1/24 Stater - B- 394 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL 1/24 Stater (0.65g, 6mm, 11h). Head of calf to left / Incuse head of lion to left, rectangular punch behind. EF. Carr coll.

Unknown to Bodenstedt. One other recorded example known - Gorny & Mosch 195, 222 (12,000 EUR). This coin, coupled with 1/12 Stater on Asia Minor Coins (Coin ID #13297), confirms that Lesbos had fractions of a Stater in addition to the hekte.
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Mytilene (BC 521-478) EL 1/24 Stater - B-339 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL 1/24 Stater (0.62g, 7mm, 1h). Head of calf left / Incuse head of lion left; rectangular punch behind. Unpublished in the standard references. Near Mint State. An excessively rare denomination; one of just three known examples of this type. P.R. coll., United Kingdom.
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Mytilene (BC 521-478) EL 1/6 Stater3651 viewsca 570-540 BC. EL 1/6 Stater - Hekte (2.56g). Janiform head, at right a satyr with turned-up nose and long beard, at left a maenad, the hair covered by a sakkos / Female head facing right within trapezoid incuse. Some light contact marks on the reverse. EF.

This is one of the first issues of the city of Mytilene, and is exceptional not only for its early date but also for its extraordinary obverse type. Perhaps the third specimen known.
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Mytilene (BC 521-478) EL Hekte - B-333 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (2.54g, 9mm). Forepart of bull running right / Incuse head of roaring lion right, incuse punches behind. VF. Carr coll.

This emission is previously unknown. The combination of forepart of bull with incuse head of roaring lion are noted by Bodenstedt as M1, M2, M4 and M5. This coin has the obverse and reverse figures facing right - unknown to Bodenstedt and unpublished in other standard references. Currently there are no die matches for either obverse or reverse.
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Mytilene (BC 521-478) EL Hekte - B-440 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (2.53g, 11mm). Head of a roaring lion, facing left / Incuse head of a calf facing left, incuse rectangular punch behind. gVF. Carr coll.

The combination of roaring lion with incuse head of calf are noted in Bodenstedt as emissions 12, 13, 14, 24 and 25. This coin has the obverse and reverse figures facing left - a combination unknown to Bodenstedt and unpublished in other standard references. This is the second of three examples known from auction. The first was sold in Gorny and Mosch Auc. 151 (10/2006), lot 179. The second and third examples in Pecunem Auc. 40 (2/2016), lots 226 and 227. The examples from Pecunem auction are from the same obverse and reverse dies.
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Mytilene (BC 521-478) EL Hekte - B01505 viewsca 521 BC. EL Hekte (2.54g). Forepart of bull running left, M before / Incuse head of roaring lion left, incuse punches behind. Rare. gVF.
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Mytilene (BC 521-478) EL Hekte - B01551 viewsca 521-578 BC. EL Hekte (2.55g). Forepart of a bull left, M to left / Incuse head of roaring lion left. Good VF. Rare.
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Mytilene (BC 521-478) EL Hekte - B01429 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (2.56g). Forepart of bull running left, “M” below between mouth and front leg / Incuse head of roaring lion left, incuse punches behind. Exceptionally well centred example, one of best known. gVF. Carr coll.
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Mytilene (BC 521-478) EL Hekte - B02710 viewsbefore 522 BC. EL Hekte (2.52g). Forepart of bull left / Incuse lion's head right. VF/EF.
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Mytilene (BC 521-478) EL Hekte - B02648 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (2.57g, 11h). Forepart of a bull left, beaded wreath decorating the truncation / Incuse lion’s head with open jaws right; irregular incuse rectangle behind. Very rare. Lightly toned. Extremely fine.
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Mytilene (BC 521-478) EL Hekte - B03415 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte. Forepart of bull running left / Incuse cock head, facing right. Two known to Bodenstedt. An example is yet to appear at auction.
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Mytilene (BC 521-478) EL Hekte - B04448 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (2.41g). Forepart of a running bull / Incuse head of roaring lion left; rectangular punch behind. Very rare. Perfectly centered. Extremely fine. Outstanding example on broad flan and full centered.
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Mytilene (BC 521-478) EL Hekte - B04572 viewsca 515 BC. EL Hekte (2.57g). Forepart of bull running left / Incuse head of roaring lion left, behind neck truncation incuse rectangle with uneven surface. Perfectly centered. Extremely fine.
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Mytilene (BC 521-478) EL Hekte - B05267 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (2.57g, 10mm). Bull running to right. Small head with a vertically positioned ear / Stocky lion roaring head, left, with gaping mouth. EF.

One example is recorded in Bodenstedt and a further one has appeared in auction.
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Mytilene (BC 521-478) EL Hekte - B05387 viewsca 521­-478 BC. EL Hekte (2.61g). Forepart of bull right / Lion’s head left, open jaws, within incuse. Virtually as struck and almost FDC. Ex Tkalec 29 (2/2000), 88.
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Mytilene (BC 521-478) EL Hekte - B06637 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (2.573g). Galloping boar left / Incuse lions head with gaping jaws, left. EF.

Three known to Bodenstedt, no examples appear to have been sold at auction.
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Mytilene (BC 521-478) EL Hekte - B071151 viewsca 509 BC. EL Hekte (2.54g). Head of roaring lion right / Incuse head of cock left, small incuse rectangle behind. Good VF. Ex Leu 77 (5/2000), lot 283; Private Collection, Paris.
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Mytilene (BC 521-478) EL Hekte - B07954 viewsca 530-500 BC. EL Hekte (2.57g). Head of roaring lion right, the truncation with a rim of dots / Head of a cock left, behind an irregular oblong object; all within incuse. Good EF.
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Mytilene (BC 521-478) EL Hekte - B08419 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte. Forepart of a lion left head facing / Incuse lion head, facing left. One known to Bodenstedt. A further example has yet to appear at auction.
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Mytilene (BC 521-478) EL Hekte - B091377 viewsca 504 BC. EL Hekte (2.53g). Forepart of a winged roaring lion flying left / Incuse head of cock left, small incuse rectangle behind. EF.
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Mytilene (BC 521-478) EL Hekte - B091271 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (2.58g). Forepart of a winged lion left / Incuse head of cock left. EF, lightly toned. Very nice.
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Mytilene (BC 521-478) EL Hekte - B09900 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (2.55g, 12h). Forepart of winged lion left / Incuse head of cock left; incuse rectangular punch behind. Good VF, small die break in field on obverse.
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Mytilene (BC 521-478) EL Hekte - B09414 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (2.53g, 11mm). Forepart of winged lion left / Incuse head of cock left; rectangular punch to right. EF.
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Mytilene (BC 521-478) EL Hekte - B101059 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (2.54g, 12h). Forepart of winged boar right / Incuse head of roaring lion left. Good VF, well centered. Very rare, only five examples noted by Bodenstedt.
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Mytilene (BC 521-478) EL Hekte - B10610 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (10.5mm, 2.57g, 12h). Forepart of winged boar right / Incuse head of lion left; rectangular punch behind. EF, toned. Well centered. Very rare. Cooke coll.
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Mytilene (BC 521-478) EL Hekte - B11888 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (2.53g). Head of ram right; cock below / Incuse head of roaring lion left, punch behind. Good VF, well centered.
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Mytilene (BC 521-478) EL Hekte - B111130 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (2.53g, 4h). Head of ram right; cock below / Incuse head of roaring lion left; incuse rectangular punch behind. Good VF.
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Mytilene (BC 521-478) EL Hekte - B125452 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (2.56g, 4h). Head of roaring lion right / Incuse head of cow left. Choice EF, well centered.
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Mytilene (BC 521-478) EL Hekte - B12 var680 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (2.58g). Head of roaring lion facing left / Incuse head of calf facing left; rectangular punch behind. EF.

This is an unrecorded variant of Bodenstedt 12 with the lion facing left instead of right.
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Mytilene (BC 521-478) EL Hekte - B12 var259 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (2.56g, 10mm). Head of roaring lion left, variant with ‘sun’ and rays above eye / Incuse head of calf left; rectangular punch to right. EF. Carr coll.

19 examples known to Bodenstedt, this is the 106th example to have appeared at auction. The dies for this example are worn and otherwise unknown. This variant with a ‘sun’ and rays above the eye is similar to that on the Trites of Lydia. Some sources suggest that the lion was considered a personification of the sun as they were thought to be able to look directly at the sun.
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Mytilene (BC 521-478) EL Hekte - B131167 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (2.56g, 3h). Head of roaring lion right / Incuse head of cow right; incuse rectangular punch behind. Good VF.
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Mytilene (BC 521-478) EL Hekte - B131290 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (10mm, 2.55g). Head of roaring lion right / Incuse head of cow right; incuse rectangular punch behind. EF, light scuff on reverse.
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Mytilene (BC 521-478) EL Hekte - B13493 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (2.54g, 7h, 10mm). Head of roaring lion facing right / Incuse head of calf facing right; rectangular punch behind. VF.
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Mytilene (BC 521-478) EL Hekte - B13438 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (2.5g). Head of a roaring lion right / Incuse head of a calf right with collar, incuse rectangular punch behind. Obverse has signs of die rust, reverse is from a die unknown to Bodenstedt and no match with examples that have come to auction thus far. aVF/gVF. Carr coll.

141 examples known to Bodenstedt, this appears to be the 227th example offered at electronic auction or sale. From the numbers known to Bodenstedt and those that have appeared at auction, the coins of this emission are the most extensive of all those electrum of Lesbos. It has been suggested by a number of authorities that this emission was struck around 500 BC when Lesbos took part in the Ionic revolt.
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Mytilene (BC 521-478) EL Hekte - B14481 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (2.4g, 10mm). Head of roaring lion right, ΛE to left / Incuse head of calf right. Near EF.

Bodenstedt records thirteen examples of this type. A further nine examples have appeared in auction.
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Mytilene (BC 521-478) EL Hekte - B14497 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (2.56g). Head of roaring lion right, ΛE to left (facing outward, E retrograde) / Incuse head of calf right with collar, incuse rectangular punch behind. One of the finest known to capture all elements of the type, gVF. Carr coll.

Thirteen examples known to Bodenstedt, this appears to be the tenth example offered at electronic auction or sale. The obverse is one of the five coin types noted by Bodenstedt (B14, B20, B23, B28 and B35) that bear the initial letters of the name of the island - Lesbos.
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Mytilene (BC 521-478) EL Hekte - B15507 viewsca 521 - 478 BC. EL Hekte (2.53g, 10h, 10mm). Forepart of winged boar right / Incuse head of roaring lion right, rectangular punch behind. EF, B dies a/e.

Bodenstedt records thirty-six examples of this type. A further thirty-four examples have appeared in auction.
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Mytilene (BC 521-478) EL Hekte - B16867 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (2.51g, 11h). Head of ram right; below, cock standing left / Incuse head of lion right; rectangular punch behind. VF.
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Mytilene (BC 521-478) EL Hekte - B16727 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (10mm, 2.53g, 6h). Head of ram right; below, cockerel standing left / Incuse head of roaring lion left. Near EF.
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Mytilene (BC 521-478) EL Hekte - B16 var550 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (2.50g, 11h). Ram’s head, facing left; below, cock running right / Incuse lion’s head facing right. F.

This is a variant of Bodenstedt 16 in as much as the ram’s head faces left instead of right. Possibly unique as it is the only one to appear at auction and no other example appears in standard references.
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Mytilene (BC 521-478) EL Hekte - B17750 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (2.54g, 10.8mm). Forepart of winged boar right / Incuse head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin; small square punch behind. EF, very rare.
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Mytilene (BC 521-478) EL Hekte - B181064 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (2.51g). Ram's head right / Incuse head of Herakles right. VF.
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Mytilene (BC 521-478) EL Hekte - B191063 viewsca 477-450 BC. EL Hekte (2.50g). Gorgoneion facing / Incuse head of Herakles wearing lion skin right.
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Mytilene (BC 521-478) EL Hekte - B191655 viewsca 485 BC. EL Hekte (2.58g). Facing head of grimacing Gorgon, tongue protruding / Incuse head of Herakles right, wearing lion's skin headdress; small incuse square behind. EF.
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Mytilene (BC 521-478) EL Hekte - B191609 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (2.54g, 7h). Gorgoneion / Incuse head of Herakles wearing lion skin headdress right; small incuse club below neck. Good VF.
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Mytilene (BC 521-478) EL Hekte - B191762 viewsca 520-500 BC. EL Hekte (2.53g). Gorgoneion facing, tongue protruding / Bearded head of Herakles facing right, wearing lion-skin, truncation with two rows of dots, square field behind; the whole in incuse. EF.
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Mytilene (BC 521-478) EL Hekte - B19515 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (2.57g, 11mm). Facing gorgoneion, tongue protruding / Incuse head of Herakles right, wearing lion's skin. EF.
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Mytilene (BC 521-478) EL Hekte - B19.1588 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (2.57g, 10mm, 12h). Facing head of grimacing Gorgon, tongue protruding (no small row of top teeth) / Bearded head of Herakles right, wearing lion-skin headdress; truncation with two rows of dots, rectangular punch behind neck; the whole in incuse. EF. Carr coll.

Obverse and reverse die unknown to Bodenstedt and no match with examples that have come to auction thus far. 34 examples known to Bodenstedt, this appears to be the 60th example offered at electronic auction or sale.
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Mytilene (BC 521-478) EL Hekte - B19.2510 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (2.52g, 10mm, 6h). Facing gorgoneion with protruding tongue / Incuse head of Herakles left, wearing lion skin headdress; small incuse square behind, incuse club below.

2 known to Bodenstedt, this appears to be the 1st offered at auction.
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Mytilene (BC 521-478) EL Hekte - B20867 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (2.51g, 1h). Forepart of a bridled horse right / Incuse head of roaring lion right; rectangular punch behind. VF, toned. Extremely rare, only three examples recorded by Bodenstedt. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica O (5/2004), lot 1598.
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Mytilene (BC 521-478) EL Hekte - B20419 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (2.53g, 11mm, 6h). Forepart of a bridled horse right, ΛΕ below / Incuse head of roaring lion right; rectangular punch behind.

3 known to Bodenstedt, this appears to be the 4th additional offered at auction.
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Mytilene (BC 521-478) EL Hekte - B21579 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (2.5g, 4h, 10mm). Head of ram left; below, cock right / Incuse head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin, rectangular punch behind. VF.

Bodenstedt records eight examples of this type. A further eleven examples have appeared in auction.
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Mytilene (BC 521-478) EL Hekte - B21 var217 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (2.50g, 10mm). Head of ram left, cock standing right, pecking at ground. Letter E (retrograde) below. / Incuse head of bearded Herakles wearing lion’s skin headdress facing right. VF. Carr coll.

This appears to be a ‘double variant’ emission. The coin is ‘clearly’ a hybrid of an obverse of Bodenstedt 21 (ram's head left with cock below) and the reverse of Bodenstedt 2, 15, 16, 20, or 26 (incuse lion's head right). There appear to be only 6 of this variant, this being the 6th. On the other hand, it is a variant in respect to the other 5 variant examples and the normal B21, as there is a letter “E” (retrograde) below the cock on the obverse. CNG Auc. 105, lot 238 (5/2017) is a similar coin, but it has an additional letter () below the cock. Hekte emissions of Mytilene that include the letters E are B14, B20, B23, B28, B35 and B-unknown CNG Triton XX (1/2017), lot 259 - these letters have been taken to denote the island of Lesbos. CNG suggest these B21 variants should be considered a new emission as, in addition to a different type combination, none have die matches with other dies.
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Mytilene (BC 521-478) EL Hekte - B21 var351 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (2.56g, 10.5mm, 9h). Head of ram left; below, head of eagle facing right / Incuse head of bearded Herakles wearing lion’s skin headdress facing right. Good VF, toned.

This is a variant of the normal emission with an eagle’s head. This originally appeared in Elsen Auc. 111 (12/2011), lot 131, and appears to be the only example. It is unlisted in any of the standard texts except HGC 6, 947 var, this coin.
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Mytilene (BC 530-522) EL 1/12 Stater - BE2529 viewsca 530-522 BC. EL 1/12 Stater (1.15g). Calf head facing right / Incuse square. Good VF.

One example known to Bodenstedt, two examples have since appeared at auction.
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Mytilene (BC 530-522) EL 1/12 Stater - BE2210 views600-550 BC. EL 1/12 Stater (1.16g, 6mm). Head of calf right / Incuse square punch. VF. Carr coll.; ex Gorny & Mosch 191 (10/2010), lot 1521.

Bodenstedt noted a rare group of fractions having a calf head facing right on the obverse and incuse square punch on the reverse. He attributed this series to Mytilene. After Bodenstedt (1981) was published, some scholars suggested this series of emissions appears to equate to a Lydo-Milesian standard which may indicate it was minted in Ionia, perhaps during the Ionian Revolt - see Kayhan (2002), Plate 28 nos 732-734. Thus far, the series of fractions consists of 1/12 stater (this coin), 1/24 stater (see Coin ID #12959) and 1/48 stater (see Coin ID #12749).
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Mytilene (BC 530-522) EL 1/24 Stater - BE- 421 viewsca 530-522 BC. EL 1/24 Stater (0.62g). Calf head facing right / Incuse square. EF.

No example known to Bodenstedt.
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Mytilene (BC 530-522) EL 1/24 Stater - BE-363 viewsca 530-522 BC. EL 1/24 Stater (0.58g, 6mm). Calf head facing right / Incuse square. VF, toned. Carr coll.

Unknown to Bodenstedt, this appears to be the fifth example that has been offered at auction. This example shares the same die and punch as two other examples – CNG Auc. 88 (9/2011), lot 363 (Coin ID #8310); and CNG Auc. 97 (9/2014) lot 223. After Bodenstedt was published in 1981, some scholars have suggested this series of emissions appears to equate to a Lydo-Milesian standard, which may indicate it was minted in Ionia, perhaps during the Ionian Revolt - see Kayhan (2002), Plate 28 nos. 732-734 (also Coin ID #12749).
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Mytilene (BC 530-522) EL 1/48 Stater - BE2324 viewsca 530-522 BC. EL 1/48 Stater (0.31g). Calf head facing right / Incuse square. aEF.

One example known to Bodenstedt, this appears to be the only additional example that has been offered at auction.
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Mytilene (BC 530-522) EL 1/48 Stater - BE2537 viewsca 522 BC. EL 1/48 Stater (0.30g, 5mm). Calf head facing right / Incuse square punch. VF. Carr coll.

One example noted by Bodenstedt, this appears to be only the fifth additional example offered at electronic auction. Obverse die match with Bod Tafel 50 E2 a/-.
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