Mytilene Bodenstedt 1981 Series 4.78, Electrum, struck at Mytilene, 412–378 BC. Obverse: head of ariadne. Reverse: lion gnawing on prey lion. Weight about 2.6 g, diameter 10.0 mm.
| mint | Mytilene | weight | 2.57g (1) |
| ruler | — | diameter | ⌀10.0 (1) |
| denomination | — | axis | 3↕ (1) |
| material | Electrum | technique | — |
| country | Greece | dataset | IRIS — Greek coinage (greekcoinage.org) |
obverse
Head of Ariadne
reverse
Lion gnawing on prey Lion
specimens (1)
British Museum
2.57g
⌀10.0
3↕
Cite this coin
Mytilene Bodenstedt 1981 Series 4.78 (mytilene_bodenstedt_1981_series_4.78), 412–378 BC. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/mytilene-bodenstedt-1981-series-478/ (accessed: 2026-09-12). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA