Description: Lesbos, Mytilene (uncertain), 4th century BC. Male head (Apollo? River god?) right / M-Y-T-E (off flan); lyre.

Diameter: AE7 mm

Weight: 0,84 g

Grade: gF/gF

Attribution: not in known references (cf. Lanz, ebay 230954451509)

Commentary: rare; olive patina, some light deposits, obverse slightly off-center

History: Aristotle lived on Mytilene for two years, 337-335 BC, with his friend and successor, Theophrastus (a native of the island), after becoming the tutor to Alexander, son of King Philip II of Macedon.

Article Number: 026-09-06-41652