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| URI | https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/1789 json ttl rdf xml epidoc |
| Volume | IV.2 |
| Number | 1789 (temporary) |
| Province | Asia |
| Subprovince | Conventus of Pergamum |
| Region | Lesbus |
| City | Mytilene |
| Reign | Antoninus Pius |
| Issue | 'Pseudo-autonomous': First half of second century AD |
| Dating | c. 100–150 (?) |
| Obverse inscription | ΨΑΠΦΩ(sic) |
| Edition | Ψαπφώ |
| Translation | Sappho |
| Obverse design | draped bust of Sappho, right |
| Reverse inscription | ΜΥΤΙΛΗΝΑΙΩΝ |
| Edition | Μυτιληναίων |
| Translation | of the Mytileneans |
| Reverse design | lyre with body made of tortoise shell |
| Metal | copper-based alloy |
| Average diameter | 19 mm |
| Average weight | 3.76 g |
| Axis | 6 |
| Reference | BMC 169, L. Forrer, RBN 57 (1901), 421, no. 4, L. Bürchner, ZfN 9 (1882), p. 115 |
| Specimens | 3 (3 in the core collections) |