Reign: Valerian and Gallienus Persons: Gallienus (Augustus)

City: Mytilene Region: Lesbus Province: Asia (conventus of Pergamum)

Denomination: Æ (32 mm); 15.51 g (1)

Obverse: ΑΥΤ Κ Π ΛΙΚ ΓΑΛΛΛΙΗΝΟϹ; laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gallienus, right, seen from front

Reverse: ΕΠΙ Ϲ ΒΑΛ ΑΡΙϹΤΟΜΑΧ/ΟΥ / ΜΥΤΙΛΗΝ/ΑΙΩΝ; Tyche of Mytilene seated left, holding patera and cornucopia; before her, Dionysiac herm

Museum: L: British Museum, London (UK) Inventory: BNK,G.529

Bibliography: BMC 230 

Diameter:  31 Weight: 15.51   Axis: 12 

Reign: Valerian and Gallienus Persons: Gallienus (Augustus)

City: Mytilene Region: Lesbus Province: Asia (conventus of Pergamum)

Denomination: Æ (32 mm); 15.51 g (1)

Obverse: ΑΥΤ Κ Π ΛΙΚ ΓΑΛΛΛΙΗΝΟϹ; laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gallienus, right, seen from front

Reverse: ΕΠΙ Ϲ ΒΑΛ ΑΡΙϹΤΟΜΑΧ/ΟΥ / ΜΥΤΙΛΗΝ/ΑΙΩΝ; Tyche of Mytilene seated left, holding patera and cornucopia; before her, Dionysiac herm

Museum: B: Berlin, Staatliche Museen (Germany) Inventory: 

Reign: Valerian and Gallienus Persons: Gallienus (Augustus)

City: Mytilene Region: Lesbus Province: Asia (conventus of Pergamum)

Denomination: Æ (32 mm); 18.19 g (1)

Obverse: ΑΥΤ Κ Π ΛΙΚΙ ΓΑΛΛΛΙΗΝΟϹ; laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gallienus, right, seen from front

Reverse: ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡ ΒΑΛ ΑΡΙϹΤΟΜΑΧΟΥ / ΜΥΤΙ-ΛΗΝΑ/ΙΩΝ; Tyche seated left, holding patera and Dionysiac herm

Museum: P: Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris (France) Inventory: 385

Diameter:  32 Weight: 18.19   Axis: 6 

Reign: Valerian and Gallienus Persons:

City: Mytilene Region: Lesbus Province: Asia (conventus of Pergamum)

Denomination: Æ (32 mm); 15.66 g (2)

Obverse: ΘΕΟϹ ΑΜΜΩΝ; horned head of Zeus Ammon, right

Reverse: ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡ ΒΑΛ ΑΡΙϹΤΟΜΑΧΟΥ / ΜΥΤΙΛΗ-ΝΑ-ΙΩ-Ν; Artemis advancing right, drawing arrow from quiver and holding bow; at feet, hound running right

Museum: Mu: Staatliche Münzsammlung, Munich (Germany) Inventory: 

Bibliography: SNG 772 

Diameter:  31 Weight: 21.3   Axis: 6 

Reign: Valerian and Gallienus Persons:

City: Mytilene Region: Lesbus Province: Asia (conventus of Pergamum)

Denomination: Æ (32 mm); 15.66 g (2)

Obverse: ΘΕΟϹ ΑΜΜΩΝ; horned head of Zeus Ammon, right

Reverse: ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡ ΒΑΛ ΑΡΙϹΤΟΜΑΧΟΥ / ΜΥΤΙΛΗ-ΝΑ-ΙΩ-Ν; Artemis advancing right, drawing arrow from quiver and holding bow; at feet, hound running right

Museum: V: Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna (Austria) Inventory: GR 16973

Diameter:  30 Weight: 10.02   Axis: 6 

Reign: Valerian and Gallienus Persons:

City: Mytilene Region: Lesbus Province: Asia (conventus of Pergamum)

Denomination: Æ (32 mm); 17.76 g (3)

Obverse: ΘΕΟϹ ΑΜΜΩΝ; horned head of Zeus Ammon, right

Reverse: ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡ ΒΑΛ ΑΡΙϹΤΟΜ/ΑΧΟΥ / ΜΥΤΙΛΗΝ/ΑΙΩΝ; Tyche seated left, holding patera and Dionysiac herm

Museum: Cop: Nationalmuseet, Copenhagen (Denmark) Inventory: 

Bibliography: SNG 413 

Weight: 19.21   Axis: 6 

Reign: Valerian and Gallienus Persons:

City: Mytilene Region: Lesbus Province: Asia (conventus of Pergamum)

Denomination: Æ (32 mm); 17.76 g (3)

Obverse: ΘΕΟϹ ΑΜΜΩΝ; horned head of Zeus Ammon, right

Reverse: ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡ ΒΑΛ ΑΡΙϹΤΟΜ/ΑΧΟΥ / ΜΥΤΙΛΗΝ/ΑΙΩΝ; Tyche seated left, holding patera and Dionysiac herm

Museum: V: Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna (Austria) Inventory: GR 16972

Diameter:  33 Weight: 15.33   Axis: 6 

Reign: Valerian and Gallienus Persons:

City: Mytilene Region: Lesbus Province: Asia (conventus of Pergamum)

Denomination: Æ (32 mm); 17.76 g (3)

Obverse: ΘΕΟϹ ΑΜΜΩΝ; horned head of Zeus Ammon, right

Reverse: ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡ ΒΑΛ ΑΡΙϹΤΟΜ/ΑΧΟΥ / ΜΥΤΙΛΗΝ/ΑΙΩΝ; Tyche seated left, holding patera and Dionysiac herm

Museum: Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (USA) Inventory: 67.867

Diameter:  33 Weight: 18.75   Axis: 7 

Reign: Valerian and Gallienus Persons:

City: Mytilene Region: Lesbus Province: Asia (conventus of Pergamum)

Denomination: Æ (32 mm); 13.06 g (1)

Obverse: ΘΕΟϹ ΑΜΜΩΝ; horned head of Zeus Ammon, right

Reverse: ΕΠΙ Ϲ ΒΑΛ ΑΡΙϹΤΟΜΑΧΟΥ ΜΥΤΙΛΗ/ΝΑΙΩΝ; Tyche standing facing, head left, holding herm and cornucopia

Museum: O: Oxford, Ashmolean Museum (UK) Inventory: 

Diameter:  30.5 Weight: 13.06   Axis: 12 

Reign: Valerian and Gallienus Persons:

City: Mytilene Region: Lesbus Province: Asia (conventus of Pergamum)

Denomination: Æ (32 mm); 16.80 g (1)

Obverse: ΠΡΩΤΗ ΛΕϹΒΟΥ ΜΥΤΙΛΗΝ; draped bust of Tyche, right

Reverse: ΕΠΙ Ϲ ΒΑΛ ΑΡΙϹΤΟΜΑΧΟΥ ΜΥΤΙΛΗΝΑΙΩΝ; Tyche standing facing, head left, holding rudder and cornucopia; to right, Sarapis (?) standing left, raising hand and holding sceptre

Museum: C: Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge (UK) Inventory: Mossop

Diameter:  32 Weight: 16.8   Axis: 12 

Reign: Valerian and Gallienus Persons: Gallienus (Augustus)

City: Mytilene Region: Lesbus Province: Asia (conventus of Pergamum)

Denomination: Æ (24 mm); 7.41 g (3)

Obverse: ΑΥΤ Κ Π ΛΙΚ ΓΑΛΛΙΗΝΟϹ; laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gallienus, right, seen from front

Reverse: ΕΠΙ Ϲ ΒΑΛ ΑΡΙϹΤΟΜΑΧΟΥ / ΜΥΤΙΛΗΝ-ΑΙΩΝ; Sappho (?) seated right, playing lyre

Museum: P: Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris (France) Inventory: 387

Diameter:  24 Weight: 7.39   Axis: 12 

Reign: Valerian and Gallienus Persons: Gallienus (Augustus)

City: Mytilene Region: Lesbus Province: Asia (conventus of Pergamum)

Denomination: Æ (24 mm); 7.41 g (3)

Obverse: ΑΥΤ Κ Π ΛΙΚ ΓΑΛΛΙΗΝΟϹ; laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gallienus, right, seen from front

Reverse: ΕΠΙ Ϲ ΒΑΛ ΑΡΙϹΤΟΜΑΧΟΥ / ΜΥΤΙΛΗΝ-ΑΙΩΝ; Sappho (?) seated right, playing lyre

Museum: B: Berlin, Staatliche Museen (Germany) Inventory: Löbb.

Diameter:  23 Weight: 7.1   Axis: 12 

Reign: Valerian and Gallienus Persons: Gallienus (Augustus)

City: Mytilene Region: Lesbus Province: Asia (conventus of Pergamum)

Denomination: Æ (24 mm); 7.41 g (3)

Obverse: ΑΥΤ Κ Π ΛΙΚ ΓΑΛΛΙΗΝΟϹ; laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gallienus, right, seen from front

Reverse: ΕΠΙ Ϲ ΒΑΛ ΑΡΙϹΤΟΜΑΧΟΥ / ΜΥΤΙΛΗΝ-ΑΙΩΝ; Sappho (?) seated right, playing lyre

Museum: Cop: Nationalmuseet, Copenhagen (Denmark) Inventory: 

Bibliography: SNG 426 

Weight: 7.75  

Reign: Valerian and Gallienus Persons: Gallienus (Augustus)

City: Mytilene Region: Lesbus Province: Asia (conventus of Pergamum)

Denomination: Æ (24 mm); 8.46 g (1)

Obverse: ΑΥΤ Κ Π ΛΙΚ ΓΑΛΛΙΗΝΟϹ; laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gallienus, right, seen from front

Reverse: ΕΠΙ Ϲ ΒΑΛ ΑΡΙϹΤΟΜΑΧ/ΟΥ ΜΥ-ΤΙΛΗ/ΝΑΙΩΝ; Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopia

Museum: P: Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris (France) Inventory: 386

Bibliography: Wa 1403 

Diameter:  24 Weight: 8.46   Axis: 6 

Reign: Valerian and Gallienus Persons: Valerian (Augustus) ; Gallienus (Augustus)

City: Mytilene Region: Lesbus Province: Asia (conventus of Pergamum) Alliance with: Ephesus; Pergamum

Denomination: Æ (42 mm); 40.31 g (1)

Obverse: ΑΥΤ Κ Π ΛΙΚ ΒΑΛΕΡΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΥΤ Κ Π ΛΙΚ ΓΑΛΛΙΗΝΟϹ; laureate, draped and cuirassed busts of Valerian and Gallienus facing each another

Reverse: ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡ ΒΑΛ ΑΡΙϹΤΟΜΑΧΟΥ / ΟΜΟΝΟΙ/Α / ΜΥΤΙΛΗΝΑΙΩΝ / ΠΕΡΓΑΜΗΝ / ΕΦΕϹΙ; Tyche of Mytilene seated facing, holding patera and herm of Dionysus statuette; to left, Asclepius standing l, leaning on serpent staff; to right, cult figure of Artemis of Ephesus

Bibliography: Gemini XII, 11 Jan. 2015, lot 421 

Diameter:  43 Weight: 40.31   Axis: 12 

Reign: Valerian and Gallienus Persons:

City: Mytilene Region: Lesbus Province: Asia (conventus of Pergamum) Alliance with: Ephesus; Pergamum

Denomination: Æ (42 mm); 0.00 g (0)

Obverse: ΖΕΥϹ ΒΟΥΛΑΙΟϹ; bearded head of Zeus Boulaios, left

Reverse: ΘΕΟΙ ΑΚΡΑΙΟΙ ΜΥΤΙΛΗΝΑΙΩΝ; the three Theoi Akraioi: one stands facing, raising hand in greeting and holding sceptre; on either side the two other gods stand, each holding a sceptre

Museum: Florence: Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Florence (Italy) Inventory: 

Bibliography: A.B. Cook, Zeus, p. 873, no. 10, cited 'L. Holstein on Steph. Byz. s.v. L. Holstein on Steph. Byz. s.v. Μυτιλήνη (ed. Lipsiae 1825 ii. 457) says : 'In Cimeliarchio Mediceo nummus habetur, in cuius uno latere circum Iovem, Neptunum et Plutonem: ΘΕΟΙ ΑΚΡΑΙΟI ΜΥΤΙΛΗΝΑΙΩΝ. in averso circum caput Iovis: ΖΕΥϹ ΒΟΥΛΑΙΟϹ quinam sint Θεοὶ ἀκραῖοι ... docet Pollux lib. ix. cap. 5. his verbis: Τὰ δὲ δημόσια, ἀκρόπολις. ἣν καὶ ἄκρον ἂν εἴποις καὶ πόλιν. καὶ τοὺς ἐν αὑτῇ θεοὺς. ἀκραίους καὶ πολιεῖς.’ This coin, cited by numismatists from Eckhel Doctr. num. vet.2 ii. 504 to Head Hist. num.1 p. 488 inclusive, has disappeared from Head Hist. num.2 p. 562f. 

Reign: Valerian and Gallienus Persons:

City: Mytilene Region: Lesbus Province: Asia (conventus of Pergamum) Alliance with: Ephesus; Pergamum

Denomination: Æ (42 mm); 36.18 g (2)

Obverse: ΖΕΥϹ ΒΟΥΛΑΙΟϹ; bearded head of Zeus Boulaios, left

Reverse: ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡ ΒΑΛ ΑΡΙϹΤΟΜΑΧΟΥ ΟΜΟΝΟΙΑ ΜΥΤΙΛΗΝΑΙΩΝ ΠΕΡΓΑΜΗΝ ΕΦΕϹΙ; Tyche of Mytilene seated facing, holding patera and herm of Dionysus statuette; to left, Asclepius standing l, leaning on serpent staff; to right, cult figure of Artemis of Ephesus

Museum: P: Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris (France) Inventory: 262

Diameter:  40 Weight: 32.71   Axis: 12 

Reign: Valerian and Gallienus Persons:

City: Mytilene Region: Lesbus Province: Asia (conventus of Pergamum) Alliance with: Ephesus; Pergamum

Denomination: Æ (42 mm); 36.18 g (2)

Obverse: ΖΕΥϹ ΒΟΥΛΑΙΟϹ; bearded head of Zeus Boulaios, left

Reverse: ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡ ΒΑΛ ΑΡΙϹΤΟΜΑΧΟΥ ΟΜΟΝΟΙΑ ΜΥΤΙΛΗΝΑΙΩΝ ΠΕΡΓΑΜΗΝ ΕΦΕϹΙ; Tyche of Mytilene seated facing, holding patera and herm of Dionysus statuette; to left, Asclepius standing l, leaning on serpent staff; to right, cult figure of Artemis of Ephesus

Museum: Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (USA) Inventory: 1871.136

Bibliography: vA SNG - = Franke & Nollé 1343 = von Aulock, Mytilene pl. 8.15 

Diameter:  43 Weight: 39.65   Axis: 6 

Reign: Valerian and Gallienus Persons: Valerian (Augustus)

City: Mytilene Region: Lesbus Province: Asia (conventus of Pergamum) Alliance with: Pergamum

Denomination: Æ (32 mm); 17.29 g (1)

Obverse: ΑΥΤ Κ Π ΛΙΚ ΟΥΑΛΕΡΙΑΝΟϹ; laureate and cuirassed bust of Valerian, left, holding spear and shield

Reverse: ΕΠΙ Ϲ ΑΡΙϹΤΟΜΑΧΟΥ / ΟΜΟ / ΜΥΤΙΛΗΝΑΙΩ ΚΑΙ ΠΕΡΓΑΜΗΝΩΝ; Asclepius standing left holding serpent staff, facing Tyche of Mytilene seated left, holding patera and herm of Dionysus

Bibliography: Mabbott 1461 = CNG 51, 15 Sept. 1999, lot 809 = CNG EA 442, 17 Apr. 2019, lot 676 

Diameter:  32 Weight: 17.29   Axis: 12 

Reign: Valerian and Gallienus Persons: Valerian (Augustus)

City: Mytilene Region: Lesbus Province: Asia (conventus of Pergamum) Alliance with: Pergamum

Denomination: Æ (32 mm); 17.29 g (1)

Obverse: ΑΥΤ Κ Π ΛΙΚ ΟΥΑΛΕΡΙΑΝΟϹ; laureate and cuirassed bust of Valerian, left, holding spear and shield

Reverse: ΕΠΙ Ϲ ΑΡΙϹΤΟΜΑΧΟΥ / ΟΜΟ / ΜΥΤΙΛΗΝΑΙΩ ΚΑΙ ΠΕΡΓΑΜΗΝΩΝ; Asclepius standing left holding serpent staff, facing Tyche of Mytilene seated left, holding patera and herm of Dionysus

Bibliography: Trade (Baldwin)