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Mytilene British Museum 1895.4.5.1

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Mytilene British Museum 1895.4.5.1, Silver, struck at Mytilene, 479–400 BC. Obverse: female head three-quarters facing wearing a taenia (head band). Reverse: head of a goat in an incuse square. Weight about 0.7 g, diameter 9.0 mm.
obverse Mytilene British Museum 1895.4.5.1
obverse: Female head three-quarters facing wearing a taenia (head band)
reverse Mytilene British Museum 1895.4.5.1
reverse: Head of a goat in an incuse square
mint Mytilene weight 0.65g (1)
ruler — diameter ⌀9.0 (1)
denomination — axis 9↕ (1)
material Silver technique —
country Greece dataset IRIS — Greek coinage (greekcoinage.org)
obverse

Female head three-quarters facing wearing a taenia (head band)

reverse

Head of a goat in an incuse square

specimens (1)
British Museum 0.65g ⌀9.0 9↕

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Mytilene British Museum 1895.4.5.1 (mytilene_british_museum.1895.4.5.1), 479–400 BC. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/mytilene-british-museum-1895451/ (accessed: 2026-10-08). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA

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