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Greek: Lesbos-Mytilene
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Greek, Lesbos-Mytilene, AR Diobol, c.400-350 BC
(No legend)
Laureate head of Apollo right
MY
Head of Aphrodite right, control mark at left (partially off flan)
10mm, 1.25g
BMC 8-14
Ex David Cannon Collection
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Lesbos-Mytilene, EL Hekte, c.377-326 BC
(No legend)
Head of Apollo right wearing ivy wreath
(No legend)
Facing head of satyr in linear square
11mm, 2.55g
Bodenstedt Em. 90 (unlisted dies); SNG Copenhagen 323
Ex Freeman & Sear; Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Mail Bid 70, Lot
230, September 2005
Image courtesy of Lawrence Woolslayer Collection
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Lesbos-Mytilene, EL Hekte, c.377-326 BC
(No legend)
Laureate head of Apollo right
(No legend)
Head of Artemis right, hair in sphendone, serpent in left field, all in
linear square
10mm, 2.55g
Bodenstedt Em. 100; SNG Copenhagen 317
Ex Forvm Ancient Coins
Image courtesy of Lawrence Woolslayer Collection
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Lesbos-Mytilene, EL Hekte, c.350-330 BC (Modern Fake - Becker,
c.1812-1830)
(No legend)
Head of Jupiter left, dotted border
(No legend)
Facing head of satyr in
linear square
11mm x 12mm, 2.44g
Bodenstedt F14; Weber III, 5642; Hill, Becker 93 (same dies)
Notes from John Lavender: Bodenstedt F14 = Weber 5642 (also = Hill, Becker
93, same dies). Bodenstedt’s prefix F stands for Fälschungen (false,
forgery). Unlike some other electrum coins, say some Celtic and some
Byzantine, those covered by Bodenstedt are never silver in appearance.
This specimen is interesting in that it is a Becker (fl. ca. 1812-1830)
forgery (perhaps a restrike, as the original dies were used throughout the
19th century to strike copies).
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