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Hemidrachm

Issuer	Mytilene (Lesbos)
Year	350 BC - 250 BC
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Shape	Round (irregular)
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Obverse description	Laureate head of Apollo facing right, rendered in fine Hellenistic style with flowing hair descending behind the neck and a prominent laurel wreath crowning the brow. The facial features are well-modelled, with a straight nose and clearly defined lips and chin. The portrait occupies the full field of the flan, with no inscription or border present on this side.
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Reverse description	A seven-stringed kithara depicted facing, with a crossbar at the top and a rectangular resonating body, rendered in careful detail with individual strings visible in relief. A thunderbolt symbol appears in the left field, serving as a civic emblem, while a monogram — likely a magistrate's or mint official's mark — is positioned in the right field. The partial ethnic inscription ΜΥΤΙ (abbreviated form of ΜΥΤΙΛΗΝΑΙΩΝ) references the issuing city of Mytilene, identifying this as a civic coinage of Lesbos.
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