Mytilene Bodenstedt 1981 Series 4.79, Electrum, struck at Mytilene, 412–378 BC. Obverse: head of a muse wearing a sakkos (snood) and adorned with earrings and a necklace. Reverse: lyre with seven strings, in a linear square lyre. Weight about 2.5 g, diameter 11.0 mm.
| mint | Mytilene | weight | 2.53g (3) |
| ruler | — | diameter | ⌀11.0 (3) |
| denomination | — | axis | 10↕ (3) |
| material | Electrum | technique | — |
| country | Greece | dataset | IRIS — Greek coinage (greekcoinage.org) |
obverse
Head of a muse wearing a sakkos (snood) and adorned with earrings and a necklace
reverse
Lyre with seven strings, in a linear square Lyre
specimens (4)
BnF (IRIS)
British Museum
2.50g
⌀11.0
12↕
British Museum
2.56g
⌀11.0
12↕
British Museum
2.53g
⌀11.0
6↕
Cite this coin
Mytilene Bodenstedt 1981 Series 4.79 (mytilene_bodenstedt_1981_series_4.79), 412–378 BC. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/mytilene-bodenstedt-1981-series-479/ (accessed: 2026-09-12). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA