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bgr_672588 - AIOLIS - LESBOS ISLAND - MYTILENE Huitième de statère

AIOLIS - LESBOS ISLAND - MYTILENE Huitième de statère XF
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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 : 1,30 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire centré à l’usure régulière. Jolie représentation du droit. Patine foncée
Catalogue references :
SGKB.348  - Cop.-  - Münich646  - Rosen544  - Demeester103  - Aulock7712  - HGCS. 6/--

Obverse

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

Reverse

Reverse description : Carré creux quadripartite.

Commentary

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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