Mytilene Bodenstedt 1981 Series 4.77, Electrum, struck at Mytilene, 412–378 BC. Obverse: head of io wearing horns and cow ears. Reverse: head of dionysus wearing an ivy wreath in a linear square. Weight about 2.5 g, diameter 10.3 mm.
| mint | Mytilene | weight | 2.52g (3) |
| ruler | — | diameter | ⌀10.3 (3) |
| denomination | — | axis | 8↕ (3) |
| material | Electrum | technique | — |
| country | Greece | dataset | IRIS — Greek coinage (greekcoinage.org) |
obverse
Head of Io wearing horns and cow ears
reverse
Head of Dionysus wearing an ivy wreath in a linear square
specimens (9)
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British Museum
2.54g
⌀10.0
12↕
British Museum
2.48g
⌀10.0
6↕
BnF (IRIS)
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BnF (IRIS)
British Museum
2.55g
⌀11.0
6↕
Cite this coin
Mytilene Bodenstedt 1981 Series 4.77 (mytilene_bodenstedt_1981_series_4.77), 412–378 BC. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/mytilene-bodenstedt-1981-series-477/ (accessed: 2026-09-12). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA