archaicwonder: Electrum Hekte from Mytilene, Lesbos, c. 530-500 BC The head of a roaring lion, the t
archaicwonder:Electrum Hekte from Mytilene, Lesbos, c. 530-500 BCThe head of a roaring lion, the truncation with a rim of dots. On the reverse, the head of a rooster behind an irregular oblong object; all within an incuse.As an ancient city, Mytilene was initially confined to a small island just offshore that was later joined to the island of Lesbos in the N. Agean sea, creating a north and south harbor. the city was famous for its great output of electrum coins struck from the late 6th through mid-4th centuries BC. -- source link