Hekte

Features

Issuer Kyzikos (Mysia)
Period City administration (600 BC - 1 AD)
Type Standard circulation coin
Years 450 BC - 330 BC
Value Hekte (⅙)
Currency Electrum Stater (600-330BC)
Composition Electrum
Weight 2.64 g
Diameter 9.0 mm
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered, incuse
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
134120
References Von Fritze# 142,
Hans von Fritze, Hugo Gaebler; 1907. Nomisma / Band 1 : Untersuchung auf dem Gebiete der Antiken Münzkunde. Mayer & Müller, Berlin, Germany.
And 11 more volumes.
SNG France# 292-293,
Edoardo Levante; 1993. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, France / Volume 2. Bibliothèque nationale de France: Cilicie. Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris, France.
And 6 more volumes.
Greenwell# 56,
William Greenwell; 1887. The electrum coinage of Cyzicus. Rollin and Feuardent​, London, United Kingdom.
BostonMFA# 1523
Agnes Baldwin Brett; 1955. Catalogue of Greek Coins. Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts, United States.

Obverse

Head of Attis facing right, wearing a Phrygian headdress. Under her a tunny facing right.

Reverse

Quadripartite incuse square.

Mint

Cyzicus, modern-day Kapıdağ Peninsula, Turkey

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Past sales

Pictures Sale Date Grade Sold price
Picture 1 of a sold Hekte
CNG
Triton XXVII
Lot 228
Internet Archive
9 Jan 2024 XF USD 1500.00
(+ buyer's premium)
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