Methymna Franke 1975 1-3, Silver, struck at Methymna, 500–460 BC. Obverse: wild boar charging sanglier chargeant.. Reverse: head of athena, in archaic style wearing a crested attic helmet in an incuse square with dotted border. Weight about 8.4 g, diameter 20.3 mm.
| mint | Methymna | weight | 8.36g (4) |
| ruler | — | diameter | ⌀20.3 (3) |
| denomination | — | axis | 5↕ (4) |
| material | Silver | technique | — |
| country | Greece | dataset | IRIS — Greek coinage (greekcoinage.org) |
obverse
Wild boar charging Sanglier chargeant.
reverse
Head of Athena, in archaic style wearing a crested Attic helmet in an incuse square with dotted border
specimens (7)
British Museum
8.55g
⌀21.0
7↕
British Museum
8.39g
⌀19.0
10↕
BnF (IRIS)
BnF (IRIS)
BnF (IRIS)
British Museum
8.16g
⌀21.0
1↕
National Museum of Denmark
8.35g
Cite this coin
Methymna Franke 1975 1-3 (methymna_franke_1975_1-3), 500–460 BC. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/methymna-franke-1975-1-3/ (accessed: 2026-09-12). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA