Mytilene Bodenstedt 1981 Series 4.70, Electrum, struck at Mytilene, 412–378 BC. Obverse: head of apollo wearing a laurel wreath, long hair. Reverse: female head wearing long hair and adorned with earrings in a linear square. Weight about 2.6 g, diameter 11.0 mm.
| mint | Mytilene | weight | 2.55g (3) |
| ruler | — | diameter | ⌀11.0 (2) |
| denomination | — | axis | 4↕ (3) |
| material | Electrum | technique | — |
| country | Greece | dataset | IRIS — Greek coinage (greekcoinage.org) |
obverse
Head of Apollo wearing a laurel wreath, long hair
reverse
Female head wearing long hair and adorned with earrings in a linear square
specimens (4)
British Museum
2.54g
⌀11.0
3↕
BnF (IRIS)
British Museum
2.56g
⌀11.0
9↕
National Museum of Denmark
2.56g
Cite this coin
Mytilene Bodenstedt 1981 Series 4.70 (mytilene_bodenstedt_1981_series_4.70), 412–378 BC. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/mytilene-bodenstedt-1981-series-470/ (accessed: 2026-09-13). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA