Mytilene Bodenstedt 1981 Series 1.7, Electrum, struck at Mytilene, 521–478 BC. Obverse: lion head roaring. Reverse: rooster head incuse. Weight about 2.4 g, diameter 11.0 mm.
| mint | Mytilene | weight | 2.38g (2) |
| ruler | — | diameter | ⌀11.0 (1) |
| denomination | — | axis | 8↕ (2) |
| material | Electrum | technique | — |
| country | Greece | dataset | IRIS — Greek coinage (greekcoinage.org) |
obverse
Lion head roaring
reverse
Rooster head incuse
specimens (5)
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BnF (IRIS)
BnF (IRIS)
BnF (IRIS)
British Museum
2.22g
⌀11.0
9↕
National Museum of Denmark
2.53g
6↕
Cite this coin
Mytilene Bodenstedt 1981 Series 1.7 (mytilene_bodenstedt_1981_series_1.7), 521–478 BC. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/mytilene-bodenstedt-1981-series-17/ (accessed: 2026-09-12). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA