Obol

Features

Issuer	Methymna (Lesbos)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	500 BC - 450 BC
Value	Obol (⅙)
Currency	Samian drachm
Composition	Silver
Weight	0.55 g
Diameter	8 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered, Incuse
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 179437
References	Franke Münzprägung# – Peter Robert Franke; 1975. Zur Münzprägung von Methymna. Hans Günter Buchholz, Mainz, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany. , HGC 6# 891 Oliver D. Hoover; 2010. Handbook of Coins of the Islands / Volume 6: Adriatic, Ionian, Thracian, Aegean, and Carpathian Seas (excluding Crete and Cyprus) : Sixth to First Centuries BC. Classical Numismatic Group, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States / London, United Kingdom. , Klein# 793 Dieter Klein; 1999. Sammlung von griechischen Kleinsilbermünzen und Bronzen = Collection of Greek small silver coins and bronzes. Edizioni Ennerre, Milan, Italy.

Obverse

Helmeted head of Athena right

Reverse

Turtle in incuse dotted square

Mint

Mithymna, Lesbos, modern-day Mithymna, Greece

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (500 BC - 450 BC)

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