Mytilene Bodenstedt 1981 Series 5.81, Electrum, struck at Mytilene, 377–326 BC. Obverse: head of dionysus wearing an ivy wreath. Reverse: male head with diadem and horns. Weight about 2.5 g, diameter 10.5 mm.
| mint | Mytilene | weight | 2.54g (5) |
| ruler | — | diameter | ⌀10.5 (4) |
| denomination | — | axis | 6↕ (5) |
| material | Electrum | technique | — |
| country | Greece | dataset | IRIS — Greek coinage (greekcoinage.org) |
obverse
Head of Dionysus wearing an ivy wreath
reverse
Male head with diadem and horns
specimens (5)
British Museum
2.57g
⌀10.0
6↕
British Museum
2.51g
⌀10.0
6↕
British Museum
2.56g
⌀11.0
12↕
British Museum
2.53g
⌀11.0
6↕
National Museum of Denmark
2.55g
Cite this coin
Mytilene Bodenstedt 1981 Series 5.81 (mytilene_bodenstedt_1981_series_5.81), 377–326 BC. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/mytilene-bodenstedt-1981-series-581/ (accessed: 2026-09-12). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA