Mytilene Babelon 1910 2230-1, Silver, struck at Mytilene, 479–400 BC. Obverse: head of eurydice wearing a sakkos (snood). Reverse: head of lion roaring in an incuse square. Weight about 1.3 g, diameter 9.8 mm.
| mint | Mytilene | weight | 1.29g (7) |
| ruler | — | diameter | ⌀9.8 (5) |
| denomination | — | axis | 6↕ (7) |
| material | Silver | technique | — |
| country | Greece | dataset | IRIS — Greek coinage (greekcoinage.org) |
obverse
Head of Eurydice wearing a sakkos (snood)
reverse
Head of lion roaring in an incuse square
specimens (10)
British Museum
0.90g
⌀9.0
6↕
British Museum
0.76g
⌀8.0
3↕
British Museum
1.95g
⌀11.0
3↕
British Museum
2.04g
⌀12.0
12↕
BnF (IRIS)
BnF (IRIS)
BnF (IRIS)
British Museum
0.89g
⌀9.0
6↕
National Museum of Denmark
1.64g
National Museum of Denmark
0.87g
9↕
Cite this coin
Mytilene Babelon 1910 2230-1 (mytilene_babelon_1910_2230-1), 479–400 BC. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/mytilene-babelon-1910-2230-1/ (accessed: 2026-10-08). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA