AC 214 - Mytilene, electrum, hekte, 412-378 BC

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412 BCE - 378 BCE Electrum 37,985 kg

Description
Obverse: Head of Apollo with laurel wreath right.
Reverse: Female head with long hair, the whole in line square and recessed square.
Mint and issuing power
Mint: Mytilene Ancient region: Aeolis (islands) Modern country: Greece Authority:
Chronology
From 412 BCE to 378 BCE Period: Classical 480-323 BC Nomisma.org
Physical description
Metal: Electrum http://nomisma.org/id/el Median weight in grams 2.50 Denomination: hekte Nomisma.org Standard:
Image
]]AC214 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 61-79.
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° 996, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3RQEMAC, n° 214
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Obverse dies distribution
Frequency ᵖ Number of obverses ᵖ (o) % (o) Number of coins (n) % (n) Die name
10 1 1.49 10 3.31 74b
13 1 1.49 13 4.3 75b
2 8 11.94 16 5.3 66a, 71a, 75a, 75d, 77b, 77e, 78d, 78e
3 6 8.96 18 5.96 63g, 65c, 70c, 71c, 77f, 77h
4 15 22.39 60 19.87 61a, 64a, 65a, 65e, 65g, 67a, 70b, 73a, 73b, 73e, 73f, 74a, 75e, 78c, 79d
5 7 10.45 35 11.59 65b, 65h, 69c, 70a, 73g, 76a, 77d
6 7 10.45 42 13.91 63e, 65d, 68a, 69a, 70e, 72a, 73d
7 8 11.94 56 18.54 63c, 65f, 69b, 70d, 73c, 77c, 77g, 79a
8 2 2.99 16 5.3 63d, 71b
1 9 13.43 9 2.98 62a, 63a, 63b, 63f, 67b, 77a1, 78a, 78b, 79c
Total 64 of 67 95.53 275 of 302 91.06
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.