AC 211 - Mytilene, electrum, hekte, 521-478 BC

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521 BCE - 478 BCE Electrum 58,875 kg

Description
Obverse: Head of roaring lion right.
Reverse: Head of cock left incuse.
Mint and issuing power
Mint: Mytilene Ancient region: Aeolis (islands) Modern country: Greece Authority:
Chronology
From 521 BCE to 478 BCE Period: Archaic until 480 BC Nomisma.org
Physical description
Metal: Electrum http://nomisma.org/id/el Median weight in grams 2.50 Denomination: hekte Nomisma.org Standard:
Image
]]AC211 Mytilene.jpeg [1]
References
Die study reference: "[[Die study reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]1Bodenstedt 1981, émissions 1-22.
Coin series reference: "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2HGC 6, n° 938-944, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3RQEMAC, n° 211
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Obverse dies distribution
Frequency ᵖ Number of obverses ᵖ (o) % (o) Number of coins (n) % (n) Die name
24 1 1.04 24 7.52 15a
1 26 27.08 26 8.15 1b, 4c, 4d, 5a, 7a, 8a, 9a, 9b, 9c, 9d, 9h, 9k, 9.2a, 11a, 11d, 13g, 13l, 13o, 13r, 13t, 13u, 14d, 16a, 16g, 19.2a, 22b
2 23 23.96 46 14.42 1a, 2b, 3a, 4b, 9e, 9f, 9g, 9i, 11b, 11f, 12d, 12f, 13i, 13k, 13n, 14c, 15b, 16b, 16f, 19.1f, 19.1g, 19.1h, 21b
3 17 17.71 51 15.99 1d, 6a, 11e, 12a, 12b, 12c, 12e, 13d, 13h, 13p, 13r, 15c, 19.1a, 19.1c, 19.1e, 20a, 22a
4 12 12.5 48 15.05 1c, 1e, 2a, 2c, 11c, 13m, 13q, 14b, 16c, 16d, 16h, 19.1b
5 4 4.17 20 6.27 4a, 9l, 10a, 17a
6 3 3.13 18 5.64 14a, 19.1d, 21a
7 2 2.08 14 4.39 13b, 16e
10 5 5.21 50 15.67 7b, 13a, 13f, 13v, 18a
15 2 2.08 30 9.4 13c, 13e
9 1 1.04 9 2.82 18b
Total 96 of 96 100 336 of 319 105.32
Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available

Remarks


References

  1. ^  Bodenstedt, Friedrich (1981), Die Elektronmünzen von Phokaia und Mytilene, Tübingen.
  2. ^  Hoover, Oliver D. (2010), The Handbook of Greek Coinage Series, volume 6 : handbook of coins of the islands: Adriatic, Ionian, Thracian, Aegean, and Carpathian seas (excluding Crete and Cyprus), sixth to first centuries BC, Lancaster, 358 p.
  3. ^  Callataÿ, François de (2003), Recueil quantitatif des émissions monétaires archaïques et classiques, Numismatique Romaine, Wetteren, VII + 267 p.