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Mytilene (BC 454-427) EL Hekte - B35 646 viewsca 454-427 BC. EL Hekte (2.47g, 9mm, 6h). Helmeted head of Athena right / Confronting calf’s heads and ΛΕ above, all within incuse square. Near VF. Carr coll. Ex Naville 9, lot 72 (9/2014).
Bodenstedt notes two varieties of the reverse - one with the letters ΛΕ above the confronting calf’s heads and one without. Of the 24 examples noted by Bodenstedt, only 4 are with ΛΕ. The letters ΛΕ denote the coin is from the island of Lesbos. There are 5 different electrum coin emissions of Mytilene that include the letters ΛΕ - B14, B20, B23, B28 and B35.
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Methymna (BC 330-280) Tetrobol - Koinon of Lesbos775 viewsKoinon of Lesbos, ca 330-280 BC. AR Tetrobol (2.64g), minted in Methymna. Head of Athena right, wearing Corinthian helmet / Thunderbolt, ΑΙΟΛΕ above, bunch of grapes below. Light toning, VF. Very rare.
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Mytilene (BC 377-326) EL Hekte - B85590 viewsca 377-326 BC. EL Hekte (2.54g, 10mm, 7h). Young male head right, horned, wearing taenia (Pan?) / Female head right, hair in sphendone. gVF.
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Mytilene (BC 100-0) AE 20343 viewsca 200-0 BC. AE20 (6.11g). Laureate head of Zeus right / MY/TI within wreath. VF.
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Mytilene (BC 377-326) EL Hekte - B1041261 viewsca 377-326 BC. EL Hekte (2.55g, 9h). Head of Apollo Karneios right, with horn of Ammon / Eagle standing right, head reverted, within linear square. Good VF.
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Mytilene (BC 412-378) EL Hekte - B74368 viewsca 412-378 BC. EL Hekte (2.51g, 4h, 9mm). Head of Artemis-Kybele right, wearing stephane decorated with palmettes/ Head of an African right, wearing stephane, within linear square, in incuse square. Good VF/nVF. Carr coll.
In describing this type, some have suggested that the reverse is a caricature mask of Daktylen, or Telchin, as miner with leather apron (in front of the forehead or a leather cap). Idaic Dactyles were daemonic beings believed to be the first to discover and use metal. Allegedly they were from the Ida Mountains in Phrygia. It has been suggested that there is a correlation to the mythology of Central and Western Europe where dwarfs were also associated with mining and are to be noted in fairy tales such as that of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Fourteen examples are recorded in Bodenstedt and a further twenty examples have appeared in auction.
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Mytilene (BC 377-326) EL Hekte - B96707 viewsca 377-326 BC. EL Hekte (2.55g, 12h). Laureate head of Zeus right / Forepart of serpent right within linear square. Good VF, a little off center.
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Mytilene (BC 454-427) EL Hekte - B54836 viewsca 454-427 BC. EL Hekte (2.54g). Head of Aktaeon right, wearing stag's horn / Gorgoneion facing within linear square. VF. Scarce.
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Mytilene (BC 454-427) EL Hekte - B45a193 viewsca 454-427 BC. EL Hekte (2.54g, 10mm, 11h). Head of a nymph, (possibly Europa?), three-quarter facing, turned slightly to right, wearing a taenia / Two confronting boars' heads, “A†between the heads. Very Rare. aEF.Jun 11, 2019
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Mytilene (BC 440-400) AE 9177 viewsca 5th century BC. AE9 (0.90g). Female head right, with hair in bun / Head of bull left within incuse square. nVF. Very rare.Jun 11, 2019
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Mytilene (BC 440-400) Obol213 viewsca 440-400 BC. AR Obol (8mm, 0.6g). Head of Apollo right, wearing tainia / MYTI, head of calf right within incuse square. VF.Jun 10, 2019
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Mytilene (BC 440-400) Obol175 viewsca 440-400 BC. AR Obol (7mm, 0.63g). Head of Apollo right, wearing tainia / MYTI, head of calf right within incuse square. VF.Jun 10, 2019
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Mytilene (BC 400-350) Obol145 viewsca 400-350 BC. AR Obol (0.62g, 9mm). Lyre / MYTI, kithara within linear square border. nVF. Very rare.Jun 10, 2019
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Mytilene (BC 450-400) Trihemiobol250 viewsca 440-400 BC. AR Trihemiobol (10mm, 0.96g). Diademed head of Sappho(?) facing slightly left / MVTI, head of roaring lion left in incuse square. gVF. Very rare.Jun 09, 2019
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Mytilene (BC 450-400) Trihemiobol239 viewsca 440-400 BC. AR Trihemiobol (9mm, 0.97g). Diademed head of Sappho(?) facing slightly left / MVTI, head of roaring lion left in incuse square. VF. Very rare.Jun 09, 2019
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Mytilene (BC 450-400) Trihemiobol290 viewsca 400-350 BC. AR Trihemiobol (0.99g, 12h). Diademed head of Sappho(?) facing slightly left / M-YT, head of roaring lion left in incuse square. VF, a little porous. Extremely rare. Herman Coll.; ex Gorny & Mosch 115 (3/2002), lot 1170.Jun 09, 2019
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