Hemiobol

Methymna was one of the six principal cities of Lesbos and a persistent rival to Mytilene, the island's dominant power. That rivalry shaped its coinage: Methymna maintained its own independent mint even as other lesser Lesbian cities deferred to regional monetary conventions. At this fraction — fractional even by archaic Greek standards — the coin would have served hyper-local exchange, likely within the city's immediate market economy rather than interregional trade.

The SNG Copenhagen and BMC references place this among a tightly documented but small group of survivors. Very few Methymnan hemiobols are known.