Mytilene Bodenstedt 1981 Series 3.46, Electrum, struck at Mytilene, 454–427 BC. Obverse: female head wearing a sakkos (snood). Reverse: herms face to face, one female, the other male ithyphallic, linked at their base by chains; in a linear square piliers. Weight about 2.5 g, diameter 10.0 mm.
| mint | Mytilene | weight | 2.51g (1) |
| ruler | — | diameter | ⌀10.0 (1) |
| denomination | — | axis | 12↕ (1) |
| material | Electrum | technique | — |
| country | Greece | dataset | IRIS — Greek coinage (greekcoinage.org) |
obverse
Female head wearing a sakkos (snood)
reverse
Herms face to face, one female, the other male ithyphallic, linked at their base by chains; in a linear square Piliers
specimens (3)
BnF (IRIS)
BnF (IRIS)
British Museum
2.51g
⌀10.0
12↕
Cite this coin
Mytilene Bodenstedt 1981 Series 3.46 (mytilene_bodenstedt_1981_series_3.46), 454–427 BC. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/mytilene-bodenstedt-1981-series-346/ (accessed: 2026-09-13). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA