Mytilene Bodenstedt 1981 Series 5.98, Electrum, struck at Mytilene, 377–326 BC. Obverse: head of poseidon wearing a laurel wreath. Reverse: head of a trident decorated with scrolls in a linear square pointe de trident. Weight about 2.5 g, diameter 11.0 mm.
| mint | Mytilene | weight | 2.54g (2) |
| ruler | — | diameter | ⌀11.0 (1) |
| denomination | — | axis | 9↕ (2) |
| material | Electrum | technique | — |
| country | Greece | dataset | IRIS — Greek coinage (greekcoinage.org) |
obverse
Head of Poseidon wearing a laurel wreath
reverse
Head of a trident decorated with scrolls in a linear square Pointe de trident
specimens (4)
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British Museum
2.53g
⌀11.0
12↕
BnF (IRIS)
BnF (IRIS)
National Museum of Denmark
2.54g
6↕
Cite this coin
Mytilene Bodenstedt 1981 Series 5.98 (mytilene_bodenstedt_1981_series_5.98), 377–326 BC. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/mytilene-bodenstedt-1981-series-598/ (accessed: 2026-09-12). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA