Hekte

Features

Issuer	Mytilene (Lesbos)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	454 BC - 427 BC
Value	Hekte (⅙)
Currency	Phocaean stater
Composition	Electrum
Weight	2.55 g
Diameter	10.0 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered, Incuse
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 178776
References	Bodenstedt# 57 Friedrich Bodenstedt; 1981. Die Elektronmünzen von Phokaia und Mytilene. Ernst Wasmuth, Tübingen, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany. , HGC 6# 983 Oliver D. Hoover; 2010. Handbook of Coins of the Islands / Volume 6: Adriatic, Ionian, Thracian, Aegean, and Carpathian Seas (excluding Crete and Cyprus) : Sixth to First Centuries BC. Classical Numismatic Group, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States / London, United Kingdom. , BostonMFA# 1703 Agnes Baldwin Brett; 1955. Catalogue of Greek Coins. Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts, United States. , BMC Greek# 43 British Museum (publisher). A Catalogue of the Greek Coins in the British Museum. British Museum, London, United Kingdom (28 volumes).

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Obverse

Laureate head of Apollo right.

Reverse

Confronted rams’ heads. Palmette above and below and all within incuse square.

Mint

Mytilene, Lesbos, modern-day Mytilene, Greece

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (454 BC - 427 BC)							$ 470	$ 1600

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Grade	Sold price
	Roma Numismatics Auction XII Lot 285	29 Sep 2016	UNC	USD 1478.75 (GBP 1100.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	CNG Triton XX Lot 262	10 Jan 2017	XF	USD 1500.00 (+ buyer's premium)
© Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.
	CNG Triton XIX Lot 197	5 Jan 2016	XF	USD 1400.00 (+ buyer's premium)
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	CNG Electronic Auction 530 Lot 187	4 Jan 2023	VF	USD 400.00 (+ buyer's premium)
© Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.
	CNG Auction 106 Lot 358	13 Sep 2017	VF	USD 475.00 (+ buyer's premium)
© Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.
	CNG Electronic Auction 404 Lot 202	23 Aug 2017	VF	USD 435.00 (+ buyer's premium)
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	CNG Auction 105 Lot 272	10 May 2017	VF	USD 425.00 (+ buyer's premium)
© Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.
	CNG Auction 105 Lot 273	10 May 2017	VF	USD 900.00 (+ buyer's premium)
© Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.
	CNG Electronic Auction 393 Lot 115	15 Mar 2017	VF	USD 425.00 (+ buyer's premium)
© Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.
	CNG Electronic Auction 384 Lot 217	12 Oct 2016	VF	USD 425.00 (+ buyer's premium)
© Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.