Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
1⁄12 Stater
| Issuer | Uncertain Lesbos city |
|---|---|
| Year | 525 BC - 475 BC |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | 8 mm |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Two confronted animal heads rendered in archaic Greek style, occupying the full round flan. The upper device appears as a boar's head facing left, with a clearly articulated eye and snout, while below it a second head — likely a lion or calf — faces in the opposing direction. The composition follows the characteristic Lesbian electrum and billon coinage convention of paired confronted heads, executed in low relief with bold, summary modelling. The field is otherwise plain, with no legend or border, consistent with the anonymous civic issues of archaic Lesbos. |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | Incuse square punch of irregular quadripartite form, sunk deeply into the plain flan in the manner characteristic of early archaic Greek fractional coinage. Within the incuse, a roughly triangular raised area is visible at centre, likely the residual impression of the punch point. The reverse is entirely without legend or subsidiary devices, and the incuse displays the characteristic rough finish typical of hammered billon fractions attributed to the cities of Lesbos during the late archaic period. |
| Reverse script | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Log in to see details |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | ND (525 BC - 475 BC) |
| Additional information | Log in to see details |