Mytilene Bodenstedt 1981 Series 2.30, Electrum, struck at Mytilene, 477–455 BC. Obverse: head of athena wearing an attic helmet. Reverse: lion scalp incuse. Weight about 2.5 g, diameter 10.0 mm.
| mint | Mytilene | weight | 2.48g (2) |
| ruler | — | diameter | ⌀10.0 (2) |
| denomination | — | axis | 9↕ (2) |
| material | Electrum | technique | — |
| country | Greece | dataset | IRIS — Greek coinage (greekcoinage.org) |
obverse
Head of Athena wearing an Attic helmet
reverse
Lion scalp incuse
specimens (2)
British Museum
2.47g
⌀10.0
12↕
British Museum
2.48g
⌀10.0
6↕
Cite this coin
Mytilene Bodenstedt 1981 Series 2.30 (mytilene_bodenstedt_1981_series_2.30), 477–455 BC. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/mytilene-bodenstedt-1981-series-230/ (accessed: 2026-09-13). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA