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LESBOS, Eresos. 4th-3rd centuries BC. Æ (10.5mm, 1.46 g, 12h). Head of female left / Kithara; uncertain symbol (plectron?) to left, EPEΣ[I?] to right. R-P&L –; SNG Arikantürk II –; SNG Ashmolean –; SNG Copenhagen –; SNG von Aulock –; HGC 6, –. Dark green patina, slightly off center on obverse. VF. Extremely rare.
Although this particular issue is missing from the 9 series R-P&L place in the Greek period, the types are individually attested. The obverse of Series VI features a female head with the same features as here, but facing right, while the reverse of Series VIII, Group 2 features a lyre with the city ethnic within a wreath. Thus this issue fits well into the scheme of the coinage at Eresos, but its placement relative to the known series remains uncertain.
Although this particular issue is missing from the 9 series R-P&L place in the Greek period, the types are individually attested. The obverse of Series VI features a female head with the same features as here, but facing right, while the reverse of Series VIII, Group 2 features a lyre with the city ethnic within a wreath. Thus this issue fits well into the scheme of the coinage at Eresos, but its placement relative to the known series remains uncertain.