bgr_1055664 - AIOLIS - LESBOS ISLAND - MYTILENE Huitième de statère
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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 :
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.
Rare divisional coin. Epigraph type
Rare divisional coin. Epigraph type
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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