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1⁄24 Stater
| Issuer | Uncertain Lesbos city |
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| Year | 525 BC - 475 BC |
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| Value | 1⁄24 Silver Stater (1/8) |
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| Reverse description | Lion's head facing left, depicted in archaic style within a deeply recessed incuse square produced by the punch of the reverse die. The mane is rendered with schematic striations and the open jaws are suggested by the compact modelling of the snout. The incuse square has clearly defined rectilinear borders. No inscription or additional device appears in the field. |
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| Mintage | ND (525 BC - 475 BC) |
| Additional information |
Lesbos in this period hosted several poleis — Mytilene and Methymna chief among them — each issuing electrum and silver fractions independently, which is precisely why attribution remains contested. The 1/24 stater denomination served interisland trade at the smallest transactional level, and the uncertainty of issuing authority here is not carelessness on the cataloger's part but reflects a genuinely unresolved question in Greek numismatics.