Mytilene Bodenstedt 1981 Series 3.56, Electrum, struck at Mytilene, 454–427 BC. Obverse: head of apollo wearing a laurel wreath. Reverse: calf head in an incuse square. Weight about 2.5 g, diameter 10.5 mm.
| mint | Mytilene | weight | 2.47g (3) |
| ruler | — | diameter | ⌀10.5 (2) |
| denomination | — | axis | 8↕ (3) |
| material | Electrum | technique | — |
| country | Greece | dataset | IRIS — Greek coinage (greekcoinage.org) |
obverse
Head of Apollo wearing a laurel wreath
reverse
Calf head in an incuse square
specimens (4)
BnF (IRIS)
British Museum
2.45g
⌀10.0
12↕
British Museum
2.44g
⌀11.0
12↕
National Museum of Denmark
2.52g
Cite this coin
Mytilene Bodenstedt 1981 Series 3.56 (mytilene_bodenstedt_1981_series_3.56), 454–427 BC. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/mytilene-bodenstedt-1981-series-356/ (accessed: 2026-09-13). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA