Mytilene Babelon 1910 2252, Bronze, struck at Mytilene, 350–300 BC. Obverse: head of aphrodite or sappho? wearing a sphendone (ribbon). Reverse: lyre (chelys) lyre (chelys). Weight about 2.0 g, diameter 13.2 mm.
| mint | Mytilene | weight | 1.96g (60) |
| ruler | — | diameter | ⌀13.2 (60) |
| denomination | — | axis | 11↕ (60) |
| material | Bronze | technique | — |
| country | Greece | dataset | IRIS — Greek coinage (greekcoinage.org) |
obverse
Head of Aphrodite or Sappho? wearing a sphendone (ribbon)
reverse
Lyre (chelys) Lyre (chelys)
specimens (24)
British Museum
1.80g
⌀12.0
12↕
British Museum
2.13g
⌀13.0
12↕
British Museum
1.69g
⌀13.0
12↕
British Museum
2.04g
⌀13.0
12↕
British Museum
1.82g
⌀13.0
12↕
British Museum
1.75g
⌀13.0
12↕
British Museum
2.02g
⌀13.0
12↕
British Museum
1.99g
⌀13.0
12↕
British Museum
1.75g
⌀12.0
12↕
British Museum
2.00g
⌀13.0
12↕
British Museum
1.83g
⌀13.0
11↕
British Museum
2.13g
⌀12.0
12↕
British Museum
1.75g
⌀15.0
12↕
British Museum
1.78g
⌀13.0
12↕
British Museum
1.64g
⌀15.0
12↕
British Museum
2.12g
⌀14.0
12↕
British Museum
2.07g
⌀14.0
1↕
British Museum
2.45g
⌀13.0
12↕
British Museum
2.47g
⌀13.0
12↕
British Museum
1.68g
⌀14.0
12↕
British Museum
2.68g
⌀13.0
12↕
British Museum
2.55g
⌀13.0
12↕
British Museum
2.62g
⌀13.0
12↕
British Museum
1.91g
⌀13.0
12↕
Cite this coin
Mytilene Babelon 1910 2252 (mytilene_babelon_1910_2252), 350–300 BC. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/mytilene-babelon-1910-2252/ (accessed: 2026-10-08). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA