Lesbos, Mytilene 1/12 Stater 500-450 BC (Ingen mindstepris)

Lesbos, Mytilene.
500-450 f.Kr.
1/12 Stater (Billon, 8 mm, 1.05 g).

Obv: Confronted boars’ heads; above, M
Rev: Quadripartite incuse square

Reference: HGC 6, 1071. Rosen 544 var. SNG Copenhagen 288 var.

Mytilene, the chief city of Lesbos in the northeastern Aegean, was a major Aeolian center in the Archaic and Classical periods. Sappho and Alcaeus lived there, and Pittacus of Mytilene was one of the Seven Sages of Greece. In 428 f.Kr., Mytilene revolted from Athens; after its surrender in 427 f.Kr., the Athenians abandoned a proposed mass execution but imposed tribute and disarmed the city.

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