Mytilene Bodenstedt 1981 Series 2.29, Electrum, struck at Mytilene, 477–455 BC. Obverse: head of heracles wearing a lion's skin. Reverse: bull head incuse. Weight about 2.5 g, diameter 11.0 mm.
| mint | Mytilene | weight | 2.47g (1) |
| ruler | — | diameter | ⌀11.0 (1) |
| denomination | — | axis | 7↕ (1) |
| material | Electrum | technique | — |
| country | Greece | dataset | IRIS — Greek coinage (greekcoinage.org) |
obverse
Head of Heracles wearing a lion's skin
reverse
Bull head incuse
specimens (3)
BnF (IRIS)
BnF (IRIS)
British Museum
2.47g
⌀11.0
7↕
Cite this coin
Mytilene Bodenstedt 1981 Series 2.29 (mytilene_bodenstedt_1981_series_2.29), 477–455 BC. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/mytilene-bodenstedt-1981-series-229/ (accessed: 2026-09-13). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA