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Home > Lesbos Most viewed - Lesbos Eresos (BC 300-200) AE 18637 views3rd cent BC. AE18 (5.03g). Head of Hermes right, wearing petasos / ΕΡΕΣΙ, corn-ear, kerykeion in field to right. Dark green patina, oval flan, F. Very rare. Joy coll.; ex Lindgren coll. Eresos (BC 200-100) AE 17637 views3rd-2nd cent BC. AE17 (4.10g). Ε-Ρ/Ε-Σ, head of Hermes right, wearing petasos / Figure in short chiton standing right. Thick olive-green patina, gVF/F. Unpublished? Mytilene (AD 17-42) AE - Julia Livilla637 viewsJulia Livilla, under Caligula. AE (4.66g) IOYΛIAN NEAN ΓEPMANIKOY/ M –Y / T- I, draped bust of Julia Livilla to left / (Γ K)AICAPA CEBACTON / (M) – Y / (T) – I Caligula standing facing, holding patera in right hand. Extremely rare. About very fine-almost very fine. Ex Herzfelder Coll. Caligula’s youngest sister. She and her sister Agrippina Jr. were exiled to the Pontian Islands for allegedly plotting against Caligula. Claudius recalled both sisters after his ascension to the throne and even married Agrippina Jr. Julia Livilla, however, was soon returned to her exile and executed in 42 in a sham trial at which she could not even defend herself. Mytilene (BC 454-427) EL Hekte - B50634 viewsca 454-427 BC. EL Hekte (10mm, 2.6g, 2h). Wreathed head of Dionysos right / Heads of two confronted bulls within incuse square. Rare. EF. Eresos (BC 100-0) AE 16634 views1st century BC. AE16 - Dichalkon (2.00g, 1h). Gorgoneion facing / [ЄP]ЄCI ΩN, winged kerykeion. VF, green patina. Perhaps the second known, and the only in private hands (von Aulock specimen now in British Museum). Ralli-Photopoulou and Lagos suggest the possibility that the obverse might represent Hermes, given the kerykeion (caduceus) on the reverse. Mytilene (BC 200-0) AE 16632 views2nd-1st cent BC. AE16 (3.08g). Bearded and horned head of Zeus Ammon right / MYTI, herm of bearded Dionysos in himation standing on round basis facing; thyrsos and snake staff to left, monogram to right. Green patina, weak rev, gVF/F. Rare variant. Gutknecht coll. Methymna (BC 500-450) Diobol629 viewsca 500-450 BC. AR Diobol (1.35g). Facing head of Gorgoneion, tongue protruding / Head of Athena? left, wearing Corinthian helmet, within dotted incuse square. Toned, gVF/EF. Mytilene (BC 477-455) EL Hekte - B30629 viewsca 463 BC. EL Hekte (11mm, 2.50g). Helmeted head of Athena right / Incuse head of facing lion. EF. Very rare. Methymna (BC 200-30) AE 17627 views2nd-1st century BC. AE17 (3.31g). Head of Athena right, wearing crested Korinthian helmet / Μ-Α/Θ-Y, kantharos. Dark olive-green patina, aEF. Rare. Joy coll. Mytilene (BC 521-478) EL Hekte - B10622 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. Mytilene (BC 377-326) EL Hekte - B86621 viewsca 377 - 326 BC. EL Hekte (2.55g, 6h, 11mm). Helmeted head of Athena facing slightly right, single-pendant earring, and pearl necklace / Head of Hermes right, chlamys around shoulders and petasos behind neck, within linear frame. Good VF. Carr coll. The petasos, a wide-brimmed hat, is often identified with Hermes. Bodenstedt (p. 267) detects the work of this master engraver also on dies of Rhodes (SNR 51 [1972], pl. 6, 70) and perhaps Klazomenai (SNR 45 [1966], pl. I-II). Forty-one examples are recorded in Bodenstedt and a further forty-one examples have appeared in auction. Mytilene (BC 350-250) 1/4 Stater620 viewsca 350-250 BC. AR Triobol (2.75g). Laureate head of Apollo right / MY/T-I, lyre. gVF. Mytilene (BC 412-378) EL Hekte - B65617 viewsca 400 BC. EL Hekte (2.56g, 6h). Head of Ares right, wearing crested helmet adorned with griffin / Head of Amazon right, wearing Thracian leather headgear, within linear square. aEF. Methymna (BC 330-280) AE 17 - Koinon of Lesbos614 viewsca 4th century BC. AE17 (3.67g). Female head right, wearing stephane, earring, and necklace / ΑΙΟΛΕ, thunderbolt, bunch of grapes below. Good VF, dark green patina. Freedman Coll. Mytilene (BC 477-455) EL Hekte - B23614 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. Mytilene (BC 477-455) EL Hekte - B53.2612 viewsca 477-455? BC. EL Hekte (10mm, 2.48g). Gorgoneion facing / Incuse head of lynx facing. VF/EF. Extremely rare. Mytilene (BC 412-378) EL Hekte - B64610 viewsca 412-378 BC. EL Hekte (2.54g, 10mm). Laureate head of young Apollo 3⁄4 facing / Head of an Amazon in Thracian leather helmet with cheek guards to right. gVF. Bodenstedt records four examples of this type - one of which is this coin. A further five examples have appeared in auction. Ex Coll. James et Sneja Velkov, Auc. Jean Vinchon, Paris. 24 (11/1994), lot 138. Ex Bank Leu Auc. 7 (5/1973), lot 220. The cataloguer of this coin at auction remarks that the obverse is a stylistic copy of the early tetradrachms of Amphipolis. See Kurt Regling, ZfN 33 (1922), p. 48, Anm. 2 and p. 60. Pordosilene (BC 400) Hemiobol 609 viewsca 450 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.45g). Bearded head of Silenos right / Π-O-P, dolphin within incuse square. VF. Very rare. Eresos (BC 300-200) AE 12605 views3rd cent BC. AE12 (1.86g). Corn-ear / ΕΡΕΣ, kerykeion, monogram. good F. Unique? Joy coll. Mytilene (BC 412-378) EL Hekte - B76605 viewsca 412-378 BC. EL Hekte (2.48g, 9h). Wreathed and bearded head of Dionysos right, of archaizing style / Head of Kalathiskos-dance performer in linear square within incuse square. VF. Very rare, only one die pairing known for this emission. Mytilene (BC 412-378) EL Hekte - B67604 viewsca 412-378 BC. EL Hekte (2.46g, 2h). Head of Zeus Ammon right / Female head right wearing stephane within incuse square. VF, lightly toned. Very rare, only 5 examples known to Bodenstedt, this die pairing unpublished. Ex CNG 61 (9/2002), lot 667. Mytilene (BC 377-326) EL Hekte - B85602 viewsca 377-326 BC. EL Hekte (2.54g, 10mm, 7h). Young male head right, horned, wearing taenia (Pan?) / Female head right, hair in sphendone. gVF. Antissa (BC 400-300) Obol602 viewsca 400 BC. AR Obol (8mm, 0.71g, 6h). Youthful male head (apparently a sub-Saharan African) / Club, shown vertically with head below, dividing Α-Ν; all within lozenge-shaped incuse. Apparently unpublished and unknown. A fascinating and intriguing coin, toned and clear as found. VF. Acquired in Munich in the late 1990s or early 2000s as "vermutlich Ainos." There are quite a number of ancient coins that have clear types and easily decipherable legends, yet they still remain uncertain in their attribution. This piece was long thought to be from Ainos, probably because of its lozenge-shaped incuse and the supposed Α - - Ν legend could be paralleled by the early silver diobols of Ainos (May 22 ff.). The fact that those coins clearly have the legend Α-Ι, rather than Α-Ν on the present piece, was explained by viewing the club as being a large Ι: this does seem to be reaching a bit! The possible attribution to Antissa, a town on Lesbos, has more to recommend itself. There are a number of late 4th/3rd century AE coins from Antissa (probably chalkoi - as Waddington 635), which have the same reverse type and legend. In addition, early 5th century billon obols, commonly attributed to Mytilene, bear the head of a young African male on their obverses: yet one, as Traité 2, I, 599 and pl. xv, 9, has a clear Α on the reverse (in a lozenge-shaped incuse), thus suggesting the series was minted in Antissa too. Methymna (BC 400-360) Silenos - Obol600 viewsca 400 BC. AR Obol (0.37g). Facing head of bearded Silenos / Land turtle in circle incuse. Dark toning, VF. Very rare. Mytilene (BC 412-378) EL Hekte - B70600 viewsca 396 BC. EL Hekte (2.50g). Laureate head of Apollo right / Female head right with long hair, in square incuse with linear square border. A scarce type. Very fine/good fine Eresos (BC 300-200) AE 9599 views3rd cent BC. AE9 (0.59g). Head of Hermes left, wearing petasos / ΕΡΕΣΙ, corn-ear, bee in field to left. VF. Extremely rare. Joy coll. Mytilene (BC 454-427) EL Hekte - B52599 viewsca 454-428/7 BC. EL Hekte (11mm, 2.51g, 3h). Diademed youthful male head right / Wreathed bearded male head right within incuse square. Good VF, light scratch on obverse. Methymna (BC 520-460) Hemiobol599 viewsca 500/480-460 BC. AR Tritartemorion (5mm, 0.22g). Facing head of satyr / Incuse square punch. EF, lightly toned, minor porosity. The attribution of this type to Methymna is based on a similar, later issue with a bird and the legend MAΘ on the reverse (Gorny & Mosch 170, lot 1423). Mytilene (BC 521-478) EL Hekte - B19.1599 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. Mytilene (BC 350-280) AE 14597 viewsa 350-280 BC. AE14 (1.80g). Head of Sappho right, hair in artful bind / M-Y/T-I, chelys; ΠA monogram to left, head of eagle (facing left) to right. Dark olive-green patina, weak strike, gVF. Rare. Gutknecht coll. Methymna (BC 360-330) Hemiobol594 viewsca 360-330 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.25g, 6mm). Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet / Bunch of grapes within incuse linear circle. Methymna (BC 440-379) Hemiobol593 viewsca 400 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.37g, 7mm). Turtle / Wreath. Very rare. Porous, good fine. Pordosilene (BC 400) Hemiobol 591 viewsca 400 BC. AR Hemiobol (7mm, 0.49g, 3h). Bearded head of Silenos right / Dolphin transversely downward to right in incuse square. VF, toned, porous. Very rare. Methymna (BC 360-330) Obol588 viewsca 360-330 BC. AR Obol (0.51g) Helmeted head of Athena right / Kantharos, Μ-Θ-Α, within linear incuse circle. Mytilene (BC 454-427) EL Hekte - B52 587 viewsca 454-427 BC. EL Hekte (2.52g, 10mm). Young male head facing right, wearing knotted taenia with lotus-like ornament above the forehead / Wreathed male head (in archaic style) facing right, wearing long beard, within incuse square. gVF, one of the best examples known, with reverse in much better condition than usual for this emission. Carr coll. Bodenstedt notes 29 examples of this emission. A further 30 examples have appeared at auction, this being the 30th.1 comments Methymna (BC 360-330) Obol585 viewsca 450/40-406/379 BC. AR Obol (9mm, 0.50g). Helmeted head of Athena right / Kantharos, Μ-Θ-Α, within linear incuse circle. VF, porous. Mytilene (BC 521-478) EL Hekte - B21585 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. Mytilene (AD 253-260) AE 41 - Valerian I582 viewsValerian I, 253-260 AD. AE41 - Medallion (42.40g). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / Askelepios seated left, holding patera, snake before. Reverse similar to type commemorating plague which ravaged the empire near the end of Valerian's life. Very Rare. Mytilene (BC 521-478) EL Hekte - B04579 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. Mytilene (BC 377-326) EL Hekte - B84579 viewsca 377-326 BC. EL Hekte (2.55g). Head of nymph facing right. The hair above the forehead in a sphendone. Front of the ear, a spiral curl / Amphora with volute handles. EF. One known to Bodenstedt, one further example has been sold at auction – this coin. Mytilene (AD 139-161) AE 24 - Sextus Nicomachus & Flavia Nicomachis578 viewsSextus Nicomachus and Flavia Nicomachis, ca AD 139-161. AE24 (5.36g, 6h). CEΞCTON HPΩA, draped bust of Sextus right / ΦΛA NEIKO-MACIC MVTIΛH, draped bust of Flavia Nichomachis right. VF, brown surfaces. Very rare. Mytilene issued a rare series of bronzes honoring several distinguished local citizens. While another shows Julia Procula (see CNG 72, lot 1161), probably the mother of Flavia Nicomachis, this coin depicts Flavia Nicomachis herself, as well as her father Sextus Nicomachus. An inscription from Mytilene, naming both Procula and Nicomachis, lists them as benefactors of the city. Based on the portrait styles of these individuals, this coin is dated to the reign of Antoninus Pius. Mytilene (BC 454-427) EL Hekte - B54578 viewsca 454-428/7 BC. EL Hekte (10mm, 2.54g). Head of Aktaeon right, with stag's horn / Gorgoneion, within linear square. VF. Nesos (BC 350-300) AE 9575 viewsca 4th century BC. AE9 (0.7g). Laureate head of Apollo right / ΝΑΣΙ, panther crouching left, head reverted, kerykeion (caduceus) to left. VF. Mytilene (BC 454-427) EL Hekte - B45a575 viewsca 454-427 BC. EL Hekte (2.54g, 10.5mm, 4h). Head of nymph three-quarter facing and turned slightly right, wearing taenia bound at back of head / Two boars' heads confronting each other, “A” between. nEF. Carr coll. It has been suggested that the obverse portrait is that of Sappho (see Coin ID #153) or Europa. Three examples noted by Bodenstedt, this appears to be only the eighth additional example offered at electronic auction. Of the total, four examples have the letter “A” between the heads.1 comments Mytilene (BC 440-400) Obol573 viewsca 450-400 BC. AR Obol. Laureate head of Apollo right / Calf's head right, M-YTI, within shallow incuse square. aVF. Mytilene (BC 400-350) AE 9573 viewsca 400-350 BC. AE9 (0.63g). Laureate head of Apollo right / Head of bull right, MY above, kerykeion (caduceus) to left. Dark olive-green patina, VF. Rare. Gutknecht coll. Mytilene (BC 100-0) AE 13571 viewsca 1st cent BC. AE13 (1.99g). Draped bust of Helios wearing radiate crown / M-Y/T-I, tripod. Green patina, VF. Rare. Joy coll.; ex Lindgren coll. Methymna (BC 450-400) Nymph - Hemiobol571 viewsca 400 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.29g). Head of Nymph right, wearing sakkos and earring / ΜΑΘ, hen standing right within dotted incuse square. Rare. VF. Methymna (AD 222-235) AE 33 - Julia Mamaea569 viewsJulia Mamaea, Augusta, 222-235 AD. AE33 (20.98g). Draped bust right / Athena standing right, holding spear and shield, facing Dionysos standing left, holding kantharos and thyrsos, panther at his feet left. VF, green patina under thick earthen encrustation. Apparently unpublished. Rare city. Methymna (BC 500-450) Diobol568 viewsca 500/480-460 BC. AR Diobol (11mm, 1.31g). Facing gorgoneion / Bearded male head right, wearing Corinthian helmet, in dotted square within incuse square. Good VF, toned, light porosity. Ex Herman Coll. (CNG 73 (9/2006), lot 309); ex Numismatica Ars Classica 29 (5/2005), lot 203. Mytilene (BC 200-0) AE 17565 viewsca 2nd-1st cent BC. AE17 (3.38g). Horned head of young Zeus Karneios right / M-Y/T-I, herm of Dionysos in himation standing facing on base; grape bunch to left. VF. Rare. Joy coll. Mytilene (BC 412-378) EL Hekte - B67560 viewsca 412-378 BC. EL Hekte (2.45g, 11mm). Bearded head right of Zeus Ammon with ram's horn, two tendrils of hair curling back from crown of head / Diademed head right of female, hair rolled above nape of neck, within square incuse. VF. Carr coll. Five examples noted by Bodenstedt, this appears to be only the ninth additional example offered at electronic auction. Of the more than 5,000 different electrum issues of Mytilene documented by the owner of this coin, this is the first ‘kidney-shaped’ flan noted. The obverse and reverse are a die match for Goldberg Auc. 70 (9/2012), lot 3118 and Pecunem Auc. 15 (4/2014), Lot 198. Mytilene (BC 100-0) AE 19559 viewsca 1st century BC. AE19 (4.21g). Bearded and horned head of Zeus Ammon right / M-Y/T-I, herm of bearded Dionysos in himation standing facing on prow of ship; grape bunch and ? to left, grape bunch on vine and ? to right. F. Rare. Joy coll. Mytilene (BC 521-478) EL Hekte - B16 var559 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. Pordosilene (BC 400) AE 8558 viewsca 400 BC. AE8 (0.6g). Bearded head of Silenos right / Dolphin right, ΠΟΡ below. aVF. Mytilene (BC 521-478) EL Hekte - B01557 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. Mytilene (BC 454-427) EL Hekte - B55556 viewsca 454-427 BC. EL Hekte (2.5g, 10mm, 2h). Head of Athena right, wearing corinthian helmet / Two overlapping female heads with archaic pigtails facing each other. Very rare. Very fine. Ex Gorny & Mosch Sale 200, #1719. Mytilene (BC 450) EL Hekte - B-556 viewsca 450 BC. EL Hekte (2.52g). Helmeted head of Athena / Two rams' heads opposed forehead to forehead, between them a palmette, all within incuse square. About EF. This coin is unknown to Bodenstedt and appears to be unique. The cataloguer of the Gemini sale suggests that the obverse appears to be from a die of trite size but is the same style as the Bodenstedt 55 variant on this website. The reverse appears to be a die match for Bodenstedt 57a. The trite size obverse die may provide evidence to the speculation that there were electrum coins of denominations between Hektes and Staters.1 comments Pyrrha (BC 4th cent) AE 11555 viewsca 4th century BC. AE11 (1.33g, 10h). Head of Nymph Pyrrha left, wearing sphendone / Goat standing left, ΠΥΡ above. Mytilene (BC 400-350) AE 8553 viewsca 400-350 BC. AE8 (0.58g). Laureate head of Apollo right / Head of calf right, MY to right. aVF. Rare. Joy coll. Antissa (BC 300-200) AE 11553 views4th-3rd century BC. AE11 (1.25g). Head of Herakles left, wearing lion skin / A - N, club. gVF. Mytilene (BC 400-350) Diobol550 viewsca 400-350 BC. AR Diobol (1.44g). Laureate head of Apollo right / Head of Aphrodite right, hair rolled, MYTI to right, amphora (?) to left. Dark tone, aVF. Ex Tinchant, April 1940. Mytilene (BC 521-478) EL 1/12 Stater - B-550 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.1 comments Mytilene (BC 530-522) EL 1/48 Stater - BE2548 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/-.1 comments Methymna (BC 360-330) Hemiobol 546 viewsca 385-350 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.23g). Helmeted head of Athena right / Grape cluster. Porous, very fine. Mytilene (BC 454-427) EL Hekte - B47 545 viewsca 454-427 BC. EL Hekte (2.48g, 10mm, 9h). Bearded head of Silenos right / Head of lion (or wolf?) facing within incuse square. gVF. This is only the fourth known example of this emission, two of which are noted in Bodenstedt. The reverse is a die match with a reverse die used for an emission of B48 (CNG 85, 411). Methymna (BC 330) AE 11544 viewsafter 330 BC. AE11 (1.48g). Head of Athena left / ΜΑΘY, 4-string lyre; helmet to left. Black patina, good VF. Mytilene (BC 100-0) AE 544 viewsca 2nd-1st century BC. AE (6.29g). Bearded and horned head of Zeus Ammon right / M-Y/T-I, herm of bearded Dionysos in himation standing facing on prow of ship; grape bunch to left, apluster to right. Brown patina, EF. Rare. Methymna (BC 360-330) Obol542 viewsca 360-330 BC. AR Obol (0.50g) Helmeted head of Athena right / Kantharos, Μ-Θ-Α, within linear incuse circle. Mytilene (BC 377-326) EL Hekte - B80541 viewsca 377-326 BC. EL Hekte (2.55g). Female head right, hair in sakkos / Head of Athena right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet, within linear square. Exceptionally well centred example, one of best known. gVF/EF. Carr coll. Six examples noted by Bodenstedt, this appears to be only the second additional example offered at electronic auction. Methymna (BC 500-450) Diobol540 viewsca 500-450 BC. AR Diobol (1.36g). Facing head of Gorgon, tongue protruding, hair on forehead dotted / Bearded male head right, hair long at back, in Corinthian helmet, within dotted square border in shallow incuse. Apparently an unpublished reverse die, heavy dark patina, some surface corrosion but without wear, extremely rare. Mytilene (BC 440-400) Hemidrachm540 viewsca 4th-3rd century BC. AR Hemidrachm (1.9g, 12mm). Laureate head of Apollo right / MYTI, bull's head slightly right within incuse square. gVF. Methymna (BC 330-280) AE 16 - Koinon of Lesbos538 viewsKoinon of Lesbos, 330-280 BC. AE16 (3.40g). Female head right, wearing stephane, earring and necklace (Hera?) / ΑΙΟΛΕ, thunderbolt, bunch of grapes below. Dark green patina, VF. Very rare. Joy coll. Mytilene (BC 454-427) EL Hekte - B51538 viewsca 440 BC. Laureate head of Apollo right / Head of bearded satyr right within square incuse. aEF. Ex Gemini Auctions IX (1/2012), lot 112. Mytilene (BC 530-522) EL 1/12 Stater - BE2537 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. Mytilene (BC 454-427) EL Hekte - B45535 viewsca 454-428/7 BC. EL Hekte (10mm, 2.55g, 2h). Diademed female head facing slightly right / Confronted boars’ heads within incuse square. Good VF, lightly toned. Methymna (BC 330-280) AE 10 - Koinon of Lesbos532 viewsKoinon of Lesbos, 330-280 BC. AE10 (1.24g). Female head right, wearing stephane, earring and necklace (Hera?) / ΑΙΟΛΕ, thunderbolt, bunch of grapes below. Dark green patina, VF. Very rare. For attribution to Methymna, see B. L. Robert, Etudes de numismatique grecque (1951), 92ff. Mytilene (BC 440-400) Obol531 viewsca 5th century BC. AR Obol (0.64g). Laureate head of Apollo right / Calf's head right, M-YTI, within shallow incuse square. VF. Rare. Mueller Coll. Pordosilene (BC 450-400) Hemidrachm529 views4th century BC. AR Hemidrachm (11mm, 2.07g). Young male head right, wearing tainia / ΠΟΡΔ, panther standing right, head facing; all within incuse square. VF. Very rare. Mytilene (BC 377-326) EL Hekte - B94528 viewsca 377-326 BC. EL Hekte (2.54g). Laureate head of Apollo right / Lyre within linear square. VF. Mytilene (BC 521-478) EL Hekte - B19528 viewsca 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (2.57g, 11mm). Facing gorgoneion, tongue protruding / Incuse head of Herakles right, wearing lion's skin. EF. Mytilene (BC 412-378) EL Hekte - B68525 viewsca 412-378 BC. EL Hekte (2.53g, 4h). Head of Artemis-Kybele right, hair in sakkos / Head of female left, hair in sakkos, lamp at forehead; all in linear square within shallow incuse square. Good VF, a little die rust. Extremely rare, only 6 examples known to Bodenstedt. Of the six coins listed by Bodenstedt, four are in museums (Karlsruhe, Boston, ANS, and s’Gravenhage). Only one other has appeared at auction recently: CNG 57 (4/2001), lot 478. Methymna (BC 500-450) Obol524 viewsca 500-450 BC. AR Obol (9mm, 0.51g). Helmeted head of Athena left / Turtle in incuse dotted square. Good VF, light porosity. Very rare, and unpublished in the standard refrences. Mytilene (BC 454-427) EL Hekte - B-523 viewsca 454-427 BC. EL Hekte (2.44g). Head of Persephone right / Lyre. VF, well centered. Apparently, an unrecorded variant. Methymna (BC 400-360) Silenos - Obol522 viewsca 400 BC. AR Obol (6mm, 0.34g, 6h). Facing head of Silenos / Tortoise in linear circle within shallow incuse circle. Near VF, some encrustation. Methymna (BC 360-330) Hemiobol 521 viewsca 410-350 BC. AR Hemiobol (6mm, 0.27g, 9h). Helmeted head of Athena right / Grape bunch within linear circle. Good VF, lightly toned. Mytilene (BC 377-326) EL Hekte - B72520 viewsca 400-350 BC. EL Hekte (2.55g, 12h). Head of Athena facing right, wearing Attic helmet, the side-flap turned up / Lion-scalp facing in thin square frame, all in incuse square. gVF. Rare. Mytilene (BC 454-427) EL Hekte - B56519 viewsca 454-428/7 BC. EL Hekte (2.47g, 10h). Laureate head of Apollo right / Cow's head right in incuse square. VF, minor die rust on obverse. Well centered obverse. Mytilene (BC 454-427) EL Hekte - B53519 viewsca 454-427 BC. EL Hekte (2.53g, 10mm, 9h). Diademed male head right / Kantharos between two leaves within linear square. Good VF. Mytilene (BC 454-427) EL Hekte - B41519 viewsca 454-427 BC. EL Hekte (2.53g, 11mm, 1h). Forepart of boar right / Head of lion right within linear square. EF. 32 known to Bodenstedt, this appears to be the 56th additional offered at auction. Methymna (BC 330-280) AE 16 - Koinon of Lesbos517 viewsKoinon of Lesbos, 330-280 BC. AE16 (4.21g). Female head right, wearing stephane, earring and necklace (Hera?) / ΑΙΟΛΕ, thunderbolt, bunch of grapes below. Dark green patina, flan flaw on rev., porosity, aVF. Very rare. Joy coll. Mytilene (BC 521-478) EL Hekte - B19.2516 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. Mytilene (BC 521-478) EL Hekte - B15515 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. Antissa (BC 300-200) AE 7514 viewsca 4th-3rd century BC. AE7 (1.1g). Head of Herakles in lion's skin to left / A-N, upright club. Very fine. Mytilene (BC 412-378) EL Hekte - B78514 viewsca 412 - 378 BC. EL Hekte (2.54g, 6h, 10mm). Head of Ariadne left, hair in sakkos decorated with three grape bunches / Lion crouching right, breaking spear in jaws, in linear square within incuse square. Good VF. Ex Ponterio. Carr coll. Ten examples are recorded in Bodenstedt and a further six examples have appeared in auction. 1 comments Mytilene (BC 350-250) 1/4 Stater511 viewsca 350-250 BC. AR Hemidrachm (15mm, 2.62g, 5h). Laureate head of Apollo right / MY/T-I, lyre. VF, light porosity. Mytilene (BC 521-478) EL Hekte - B01511 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. Mytilene (BC 200-0) AE 14509 viewsca 2nd-1st cent BC. AE14 (2.59g). Bearded and horned head of Zeus Ammon right / M-Y/T-I, herm of bearded Dionysos in himation standing facing; thyrsos to left, monogram to right. Dark green patina, VF. Rare. Joy coll. Mytilene (BC 412-378) EL Hekte - B66509 viewsca 412-378 BC. EL Hekte (2.53g, 10mm, 7h). Head of Ares right, wearing crested helmet decorated with forepart of griffin / Facing Corinthian helmet, linear frame around; all within incuse square. EF. Bodenstedt notes 2 examples of this coin, this appears to be the 1st additional example to come auction. Mytilene (BC 377-326) EL Hekte - B103507 viewsca 377-326 BC. EL Hekte (2.6g, 11mm). Laureate head of Zeus right / Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin, within linear frame. nEF. Carr coll. It has been suggested that these are portraits of Philip II as Zeus and Alexander the Great as Herakles. Five examples of this coin type are recorded in Bodenstedt and nine further examples have appeared in auction. 513 coins on 6 page(s) 1 2 3 4 5 6