Didrachm

Features

Issuer	Methymna (Lesbos)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	420 BC - 377 BC
Value	Didrachm (2)
Currency	Drachma samijska
Composition	Srebro
Weight	6.44 g
Diameter	19 mm
Shape	Okrągły (nieregularny)
Technique	Młotkowana, Incuse
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 420900
References	Franke Münzprägung# 7 Peter Robert Franke; 1975. Zur Münzprägung von Methymna. Hans Günter Buchholz, Mainz, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany. , McClean# 7987 Sidney W. Grose. Fitzwilliam Museum. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom (3 volumes). , BMC Greek# 10 British Museum (publisher). A Catalogue of the Greek Coins in the British Museum. British Museum, London, United Kingdom (28 volumes). , BostonMFA# 1666 Agnes Baldwin Brett; 1955. Catalogue of Greek Coins. Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts, United States.

Obverse

Głowa Ateny w lewo, w hełmie z grzebieniem ozdobionym wąsami winorośli, liściem bluszczu i półksiężycem. Automatically translated

Reverse

MAΘYMNAION wokół liry na kwadratowej płycie w reliefie; całość w obrębie kwadratu z wcięciem. Automatically translated

Script: grecki

Lettering: MAΘYMNAION

Unabridged legend: Μήθυμνα

Mint

Mithymna, Lesbos, modern-day Mithymna, Greece

Comments

Imhoof MG 248; Perkins 452; Montagu I, 537.

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (420 BC - 377 BC)

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