Mytilene BMC Mytilene 131-8, Bronze, struck at Mytilene, 200–30 BC. Obverse: head of zeus ammon bearded, with horns. Reverse: dionysus, draped, facing on a ship' prow wearing a large headdress and a laurel wreath dionysos de face sur un. Weight about 5.6 g, diameter 19.1 mm.
| mint | Mytilene | weight | 5.63g (9) |
| ruler | — | diameter | ⌀19.1 (9) |
| denomination | — | axis | 10↕ (9) |
| material | Bronze | technique | — |
| country | Greece | dataset | IRIS — Greek coinage (greekcoinage.org) |
obverse
Head of Zeus Ammon bearded, with horns
reverse
Dionysus, draped, facing on a ship' prow wearing a large headdress and a laurel wreath Dionysos de face sur un
specimens (21)
British Museum
7.08g
⌀20.0
12↕
British Museum
5.37g
⌀19.0
6↕
British Museum
6.22g
⌀20.0
12↕
British Museum
4.86g
⌀19.0
12↕
British Museum
5.25g
⌀18.0
12↕
CHANGE (Oxford)
CHANGE (Oxford)
CHANGE (Oxford)
CHANGE (Oxford)
British Museum
4.11g
⌀19.0
6↕
BnF (IRIS)
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BnF (IRIS)
BnF (IRIS)
British Museum
7.07g
⌀19.0
12↕
British Museum
6.57g
⌀20.0
6↕
British Museum
4.10g
⌀18.0
12↕
Cite this coin
Mytilene BMC Mytilene 131-8 (mytilene_bmc_131-8), 200–30 BC. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/mytilene-bmc-mytilene-131-8/ (accessed: 2026-09-12). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA