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Obol
| Issuer | Methymna |
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| Year | 500 BC - 450 BC |
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| Composition | Silver |
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| Obverse description | Helmeted head of Athena facing right in archaic style, rendered in high relief on a roughly flan. The Attic helmet is depicted with a prominent bowl, and the facial features are schematically rendered in the early Greek tradition. The field is plain and unlettered, consistent with early fifth-century BC coinage from Lesbos. |
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| Reverse description | A tortoise (turtle) depicted in profile view, set centrally within a recessed incuse square bordered by a regular row of raised dots forming a dotted frame. The tortoise's shell is rendered with a segmented, textured pattern, and the overall composition is crisp and well-centered within the incuse field. The design is entirely without inscription, typical of archaic coinage from the Aeolian city of Methymna on Lesbos. |
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| Mintage | ND (500 BC - 450 BC) |
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