Mytilene Bodenstedt 1981 Series 1.17, Electrum, struck at Mytilene, 521–478 BC. Obverse: forepart of winged boar. Reverse: head of heracles wearing a lion skin in a square incuse. Weight about 2.5 g, diameter 10.0 mm.
| mint | Mytilene | weight | 2.50g (1) |
| ruler | — | diameter | ⌀10.0 (1) |
| denomination | — | axis | 3↕ (1) |
| material | Electrum | technique | — |
| country | Greece | dataset | IRIS — Greek coinage (greekcoinage.org) |
obverse
Forepart of winged boar
reverse
Head of Heracles wearing a lion skin in a square incuse
specimens (1)
British Museum
2.50g
⌀10.0
3↕
Cite this coin
Mytilene Bodenstedt 1981 Series 1.17 (mytilene_bodenstedt_1981_series_1.17), 521–478 BC. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/mytilene-bodenstedt-1981-series-117/ (accessed: 2026-09-13). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA