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| Issuer | Mytilene (Lesbos) |
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| Year | 521 BC - 478 BC |
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| Composition | Electrum |
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| Obverse description | Forepart of a winged boar advancing to right, rendered in high relief with considerable artistic refinement. The creature's large, spread wings are delineated by bold, deeply engraved parallel striations, while the body is covered with a carefully articulated scale pattern across the haunches and chest. The head is turned slightly, with the open snout and tusks clearly defined, and the powerful forelegs are outstretched in a striding posture. The design fills the flan with characteristic archaic boldness, with no legend or inscription present in the smooth surrounding field. |
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| Reverse description | Incuse square depression bearing a lion's head facing right with jaws agape, the mane schematically rendered in the archaic convention. A rectangular subsidiary punch is visible in the field to the left of the principal motif. The entire composition is deeply recessed into the reverse flan in the typical early electrum coinage technique, with the lion's features — eye, teeth, and mane — boldly articulated within the incuse. No legend or inscription appears. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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