Mytilene BMC Mytilene 96-105, Bronze, struck at Mytilene, 250–200 BC. Obverse: head of apollo wearing a laurel wreath. Reverse: lyre (kithara or chelys) lyre (cithare ou chelys). Weight about 3.9 g, diameter 18.4 mm.
| mint | Mytilene | weight | 3.94g (16) |
| ruler | — | diameter | ⌀18.4 (14) |
| denomination | — | axis | 10↕ (16) |
| material | Bronze | technique | — |
| country | Greece | dataset | IRIS — Greek coinage (greekcoinage.org) |
obverse
Head of Apollo wearing a laurel wreath
reverse
Lyre (kithara or chelys) Lyre (cithare ou chelys)
specimens (24)
British Museum
4.14g
⌀18.0
11↕
British Museum
3.78g
⌀18.0
11↕
British Museum
3.80g
⌀19.0
12↕
British Museum
3.57g
⌀19.0
12↕
British Museum
3.58g
⌀19.0
11↕
British Museum
4.19g
⌀18.0
11↕
British Museum
3.78g
⌀19.0
12↕
British Museum
3.50g
⌀18.0
11↕
British Museum
5.47g
⌀17.0
11↕
British Museum
3.32g
⌀18.0
10↕
British Museum
3.79g
⌀19.0
12↕
British Museum
4.07g
⌀18.0
11↕
British Museum
4.05g
⌀17.0
11↕
British Museum
5.16g
⌀20.0
11↕
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Cite this coin
Mytilene BMC Mytilene 96-105 (mytilene_bmc_96-105), 250–200 BC. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/mytilene-bmc-mytilene-96-105/ (accessed: 2026-09-12). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA