Mytilene Bodenstedt 1981 Series 5.96, Electrum, struck at Mytilene, 377–326 BC. Obverse: head of zeus wearing a laurel wreath. Reverse: snake, mouth open, in a linear square, all in an incuse circle serpent, la gueule ouverte, dans un. Weight about 2.6 g, diameter 11.0 mm.
| mint | Mytilene | weight | 2.55g (3) |
| ruler | — | diameter | ⌀11.0 (2) |
| denomination | — | axis | 10↕ (3) |
| material | Electrum | technique | — |
| country | Greece | dataset | IRIS — Greek coinage (greekcoinage.org) |
obverse
Head of Zeus wearing a laurel wreath
reverse
Snake, mouth open, in a linear square, all in an incuse circle Serpent, la gueule ouverte, dans un
specimens (5)
British Museum
2.55g
⌀11.0
12↕
BnF (IRIS)
BnF (IRIS)
British Museum
2.56g
⌀11.0
12↕
National Museum of Denmark
2.55g
6↕
Cite this coin
Mytilene Bodenstedt 1981 Series 5.96 (mytilene_bodenstedt_1981_series_5.96), 377–326 BC. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/mytilene-bodenstedt-1981-series-596/ (accessed: 2026-09-12). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA