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bgr_374557 - AIOLIS - LESBOS ISLAND - MYTILENE Huitième de statère

AIOLIS - LESBOS ISLAND - MYTILENE Huitième de statère XF
400.00 €(Approx. 428.00$ | 344.00£)
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Type : Huitième de statère
Date: c. 500-450 AC.
Mint name / Town : Mytilène, Éolide
Metal : billon
Diameter : 9,5 mm
Weight : 1,08 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan bien centré à l’usure régulière. Joli droit. Carré creux informe au revers. Patine de collection ancienne
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse description : deux têtes de sanglier affrontés.
Obverse legend : LES.
Obverse translation : (Lesbos).

Reverse


Reverse description : Carré creux quadripartite.

Commentary


Poids léger. Monnaie divisionnaire rare. Type épigraphe.

Historical background


AIOLIS - LESBOS ISLAND - MYTILENE

(6th - 4th century BC)

The island of Lesbos is located opposite the western coast of Asia Minor, at the entrance to the Gulf of Adramyteion at the mouth of the Hellespont. Mytilene, located on the eastern part of the island facing the mainland, was the main city.

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