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Hemistater
| Issuer | Uncertain Lesbos city |
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| Year | 525 BC - 475 BC |
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| Value | 1⁄2 Silver Stater (3⁄2) |
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| Edge | Plain |
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| Mintage | ND (525 BC - 475 BC) |
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The electrum and billon coinages of Lesbos present one of the earliest known examples of a multi-city monetary agreement in the Greek world, with several poleis on the island — almost certainly including Mytilene and Methymna — cooperating on shared weight standards while individual issuing authorities remain, even now, difficult to attribute with certainty. The billon alloy itself points to deliberate debasement of the electrum standard, a cost-saving decision that distinguishes Lesbian civic issues from the purer electrum of Lydian or Phocaean production.