The Cyclades island of Melos was conquered by Athens in 416-415 BC. The Melians were treated very harshly and most of their coinage was melted down. Coins of Melos were published by Cadalvene as early as 1828 and a hoard was discovered by Jameson in 1907. According to Svoronos, the fruit on many Melos coins is a quince, not a pomegranate.
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| BMC 7 | Melos, Cyclades. AE11, 400-314 BC. 1.5 g. Pomegranate. / Corinthian helmet right. BMC 7; Traite II-3, 1391. | Text | Image |
| BMC 28 | Melos, Cyclades, AE19. 2nd c. BC. 5.54 g. Pomegranate or quince. / Athena (Palladion) standing right, wielding spear, shield on left arm, krater or kantharos to right. BMC 28; Pozzi (Boutin) 4556 (this coin). | Text | Image |
| BMC 32-34 | Melos, Cyclades, AE24. ca AD 60-150. BOYΛH, laureate, draped bust of Boule right. / MHΛIΩN, owl standing front in olive wreath. BMC 32-34; Payne-Knight 2. | Text | Image |
| BMC 38 | Melos, Cycladic Islands, 26 mm. 7.11 g. Unclear legend, helmeted bust of Athena right. / MHΛIωN in two lines within wreath. BMC 38. (Rev. legend var (form of Omega) of RPC II 1294 and Paris 270-271). | Text | Image |
| BMC 40 | Melos, Cycladic Islands, AE17. 2nd c. BC. 3.46 g. Helmeted head of Athena right. / Pomegranate within wreath. BMC 40. | Text | Image |
| BMC 41 | Melos, Cyclades, AE20. ca AD 50-120. 4.94 g. Three pomegranates on stalks, unclear legend (ΡΠE?) above. / MH-ΛI-ωN in three lines within wreath. BMC 41. | Text | Image |
| Jameson 1280 | Melos, Cyclades. AR stater. 460-450 BC. 21 mm, 14.09 g. Pomegranate with two leaves. / Circular incuse divided into quarters by two broad lines; with three dots in each quarter. Jameson 1280; Sheedy IV, 21. | Text | Image |
| Jameson 1282 | Melos, Cyclades, AR stater. 500-416 BC, 14.11 g. Pomegranate or quince with two leaves. / MAΛICN (N retrograde), incuse circle divided into six parts by a wheel with six spokes. Jameson 1282 (this coin); Traité II-3 1349 (ditto); Jameson Trouvaille 3 (ditto). | Text | Image |
| Jameson 1287 | Melos, Cyclades, AR Stater, ca 425-415 BC., 14.09g. Pomegranate / MAΛICN, triskeles around a large central dot, all within a dotted circle within a shallow incuse circle. Jameson 1287; Pozzi 2030; McClean 7264; Lockett 2613; Traité II-3, 1361. | Text | Image |
| Jameson 1293 | Melos, Cyclades, AR stater. 425-416 BC, 14.29 g. Pomegranate or quince with one leaf. / MAΛICN (partly retrograde), crescent. Jameson 1293; SNG Cop. 679; Traité II-3 1355. | Text | Image |
| Jameson 1295 | Melos, Cyclades, AR stater. Ca 420 BC. 14.08 g. Pomegranate with two leaves. / MAΛICN, gorgoneion head facing with serpents as hair. Jameson 1295 (this coin); Kraay, Melos 23; Traité II-3 1372. | Text | Image |
| Jameson 1296 | Melos, Cycladic Islands, AR stater, ca. 420-416 BC. 14.12 g. Pomegranate. / MAΛION, ram's head right. Jameson Coll. 1296 (this coin); Jameson Trouvaille 21 (ditto); Traité II-3, 1378 (ditto); Kraay-Hirmer 531. | Text | Image |
| Jameson 1300 | Melos, Cyclades, AR Stater, ca 475-460 BC., 14.21g. MAΛICN (retrograde), oinochoe, with a handle on right / Three dolphins swimming clockwise around a large central dot, all within a dotted circle within a shallow incuse circle. Jameson 1300 (this coin); Traité II-3, 1368 (this coin). | Text | Image |
| Jameson 1302 | Melos, Cycladic Islands, AR stater. 425-416 BC. 14 g. Pomegranate or quince. / MHLICN around a flower with eight petals. Jameson Coll. 1302 (this coin); Jameson Trouvaille 28 (ditto); Traité II-3, 1358 (ditto). | Text | Image |
| Jameson 1304 | Melos, Cyclades, AR stater. 402-416 BC, 13.79 g. Pomegranate or quince. / MAΛION, Male head right, wearing conical helmet. Jameson 1304; Kraay 18d (this coin); SNG Lockett 2615. | Text | Image |
| Mionnet II 46 | Cyclades, Melos. Ca 3rd Century BC. AE 12mm, 3.39 g. Pomegranate / M-A, kantharos in circular incuse. BMC 14-15. | Text | Image |
| Pozzi 2039 | Melos, Cyclades. AR stater. ca 420 BC. 14.11 g. Pomegranate. / MAΛION, ram's head right. Pozzi 2039; Kraay, Melos 26a; Traite II-3, 1378 (all: this coin). | Text | Image |
| RPC 1294 | Melos, Cyclades, AE25 (AE drachm). 1st c. AD. 7.1 g. ΔΡAXMH, helmeted draped bust of Athena right. / MH-ΛIωN in two lines within wreath. RPC 1294.6; BMC 38; SNG Cop 694 (rev legend configuration and Omega form var of Paris 270-272, with MHΛ-IΩN). | Text | Image |
| RPC 1300 | Melos, Cyclades, AE19, Pseudo-autonomous issue. Time of Nero, 54-68 AD. 3.98 g. Ti. Pankleos, magistrate. MHΛIΩN, helmeted bust of Athena right, pomegranate behind head/ EΠI TI ΠANKΛEOC TO Γ, legend in four lines within wreath. RPC 1300; SNG Cop 696; BMC 44; Mionnet II, 54. | Text | Image |
| SNG Cop 697 | Melos, Cyclades, AE24. Ca 100-10 BC. 7.48 g. TI in two lines to left of Tyche standing right, leaning on column with left arm, left hand raised above head, and holding small child in outstretched right arm; all within wreath. / HM-IΛ-NW (MHΛIWN retrograde) in three lines within wreath. SNG Cop 697; Imhoof GM 66; Hunter 12; SNG Hunterian 516; LeQuere 92. | Text | Image |
| Entry for Cyclades, Melos on the Digital Historia Numorum | |||
