莱斯博斯外群岛， 波塞塞内 1/12 Stater 500-450 BC (没有保留价)

Ancient Greek.
Island of Lesbos, 500-450 BC.
Twelfth Stater (Silver, 7 mm, 1.04 g).

Obv: Confronted boars’ heads.
Rev: Quadripartite incuse square.

Reference: Hoover, Handbook of Coins of the Islands, 1067.

Provenance: Bought in 2025 at a Polish auction house. Purchase invoice on file; earlier ownership not recorded by the auction house.

In the 5th century BC, Lesbos was a prosperous Greek island dominated by the cities of Mytilene and Methymna. After the Persian Wars it joined the Athenian-led Delian League. Mytilene revolted against Athens in 428 BC but was defeated the following year, losing much of its political autonomy. During the Peloponnesian War, control of the island shifted between Athenian, Spartan and Persian influence, reflecting its strategic position in the eastern Aegean.

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