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) 

Reign: Valerian and Gallienus Persons: Valerian (Augustus)

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

Denomination: Æ (32 mm); 17.12 g (4)

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

Reverse: ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡ ΒΑΛ ΑΡΙϹΤΟΜΑΧΟΥ / ΟΜΟ / ΜΥΤΙΛΗΝΑΙΩΝ ΠΕΡΓ; Tyche of Mytilene, enthroned in quadriga left, holding statuette of Asclepius and herm of Dionysus

Museum: L: British Museum, London (UK) Inventory: 1980,0719.1

Weight: 16.27  

Reign: Valerian and Gallienus Persons: Valerian (Augustus)

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

Denomination: Æ (32 mm); 17.12 g (4)

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

Reverse: ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡ ΒΑΛ ΑΡΙϹΤΟΜΑΧΟΥ / ΟΜΟ / ΜΥΤΙΛΗΝΑΙΩΝ ΠΕΡΓ; Tyche of Mytilene, enthroned in quadriga left, holding statuette of Asclepius and herm of Dionysus

Museum: C: Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge (UK) Inventory: CM.LK.8961R

Bibliography: SNG iv.4232 

Diameter:  32 Weight: 19.51   Axis: 7 

Reign: Valerian and Gallienus Persons: Valerian (Augustus)

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

Denomination: Æ (32 mm); 17.12 g (4)

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

Reverse: ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡ ΒΑΛ ΑΡΙϹΤΟΜΑΧΟΥ / ΟΜΟ / ΜΥΤΙΛΗΝΑΙΩΝ ΠΕΡΓ; Tyche of Mytilene, enthroned in quadriga left, holding statuette of Asclepius and herm of Dionysus

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

Bibliography: SNG 804 

Diameter:  34 Weight: 19.98   Axis: 7 

Reign: Valerian and Gallienus Persons: Valerian (Augustus)

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

Denomination: Æ (32 mm); 17.12 g (4)

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

Reverse: ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡ ΒΑΛ ΑΡΙϹΤΟΜΑΧΟΥ / ΟΜΟ / ΜΥΤΙΛΗΝΑΙΩΝ ΠΕΡΓ; Tyche of Mytilene, enthroned in quadriga left, holding statuette of Asclepius and herm of Dionysus

Museum: O: Oxford, Ashmolean Museum (UK) Inventory: HCR102318

Diameter:  32 Weight: 12.72   Axis: 7 

Reign: Valerian and Gallienus Persons: Gallienus (Augustus)

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

Denomination: Æ (32 mm); 17.33 g (1)

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

Reverse: ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡ ΒΑΛ Α/ΡΙϹΤ/ΟΜΑ/ΧΟΥ ΜΥΤΙΛΗΝΑ/ΙΩΝ / Κ ΠΕΡΓΑΜΗΝΩΝ; Artemis of Mytilene standing right, drawing arrow from quiver and holding bow; to right, Asclepius standing right, holding serpent-entwined staff

Bibliography: Gorny & Mosch 276, 19 April 2021, lot 351 ex the Peter Weis Collection, Kiel ex Gerhard Hirsch, München Auction 186, 1995, lot1406. 

Diameter:  34 Weight: 17.33  

Reign: Valerian and Gallienus Persons:

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

Denomination: Æ (32 mm); 20.95 g (4)

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

Reverse: ΕΠΙ Ϲ ΒΑΛ ΑΡΙϹΤΟΜΑΧΟΥ / ΟΜΟ / ΜΥΤΙΛΗΝΑΙΩ / Κ ΠΕΡΓΑΜΗΝΩΝ; Asclepius on left, facing right, holding serpent-entwined staff, facing Tyche of Mytilene seated left, holding patera and herm of Dionysus

Museum: L: British Museum, London (UK) Inventory: 

Bibliography: BMC 233 

Diameter:  32 Weight: 19.81   Axis: 12 

Reign: Valerian and Gallienus Persons:

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

Denomination: Æ (32 mm); 20.95 g (4)

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

Reverse: ΕΠΙ Ϲ ΒΑΛ ΑΡΙϹΤΟΜΑΧΟΥ / ΟΜΟ / ΜΥΤΙΛΗΝΑΙΩ / Κ ΠΕΡΓΑΜΗΝΩΝ; Asclepius on left, facing right, holding serpent-entwined staff, facing Tyche of Mytilene seated left, holding patera and herm of Dionysus

Museum: P: Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris (France) Inventory: 257

Diameter:  33 Weight: 21.82   Axis: 12 

Reign: Valerian and Gallienus Persons:

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

Denomination: Æ (32 mm); 20.95 g (4)

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

Reverse: ΕΠΙ Ϲ ΒΑΛ ΑΡΙϹΤΟΜΑΧΟΥ / ΟΜΟ / ΜΥΤΙΛΗΝΑΙΩ / Κ ΠΕΡΓΑΜΗΝΩΝ; Asclepius on left, facing right, holding serpent-entwined staff, facing Tyche of Mytilene seated left, holding patera and herm of Dionysus

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

Diameter:  30 Weight: 20.35   Axis: 12 

Reign: Valerian and Gallienus Persons:

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

Denomination: Æ (32 mm); 20.95 g (4)

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

Reverse: ΕΠΙ Ϲ ΒΑΛ ΑΡΙϹΤΟΜΑΧΟΥ / ΟΜΟ / ΜΥΤΙΛΗΝΑΙΩ / Κ ΠΕΡΓΑΜΗΝΩΝ; Asclepius on left, facing right, holding serpent-entwined staff, facing Tyche of Mytilene seated left, holding patera and herm of Dionysus

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

Bibliography: SNG 773 

Diameter:  31 Weight: 21.82   Axis: 12 

Reign: Valerian and Gallienus Persons:

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

Denomination: Æ (32 mm); 22.87 g (1)

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

Reverse: ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡ ΒΑΛ ΑΡΙϹΤΟΜΑΧΟΥ ΜΥΤΙΛΗΝΑΙ/ΩΝ ΠΕΡΓ ΟΜΟ; Tyche of Mytilene, enthroned in quadriga left, holding statuette of Asclepius and herm of Dionysus

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

Diameter:  33 Weight: 22.87