Hekte

Features

Issuer Mytilene (Lesbos)
Type Standard circulation coin
Years 377 BC - 326 BC
Value Hekte (14⁄3)
Currency Drachm
Composition Electrum
Weight 2.53 g
Diameter 10.5 mm
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered, incuse
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
168823
References Bodenstedt# 91,
Friedrich Bodenstedt; 1981. Die Elektronmünzen von Phokaia und Mytilene. Ernst Wasmuth, Tübingen, Germany.
HGC 6# 1017,
Oliver D. Hoover; 2010. The Handbook of Greek Coinage Series / Volume 6. Handbook of Coins of the Islands : Adriatic, Ionian, Thracian, Aegean, and Carpathian Seas (excluding Crete and Cyprus) : Sixth to First Centuries BC. Classical Numismatic Group, Lancaster, Pennsylvania - London, United Kingdom.
SNG von Aulock 5 TAL# 1726,
Peter Robert Franke, Konrad Kraft; 1959. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Deutschland / Hefte 5. Troas, Aeolis, Lesbos : Sammlung von Aulock. Gebr. Mann Verlag, Berlin, Germany.
SNG Copenhagen# 329,
Niels Breitenstein, Willy Schwabacher; 1942. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Royal Collection of Coins and Medals. Danish National Museum / Volume 1. Italy, Part 1 : Etruria - Campania. Einar Munksgaard, Copenhagen, Denmark.
And 43 more volumes.
SNG Lockett# 2766,
Edward Stanley Gotch Robinson, Richard Cyril Lockett; 1938. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum (Great Britain) / Volume 3.1. The Lockett Collection : Spain - Italy (Gold and Silver). Oxford University Press, London, United Kingdom.
And 4 more volumes.
BMC Greek# 118-121,
Reginald Stuart Poole; 1876. A Catalogue of the Greek Coins in the British Museum / Volume 2. Sicily. British Museum, London, United Kingdom.
And 26 more volumes.
BostonMFA# 1743,
Agnes Baldwin Brett; 1955. Catalogue of Greek Coins. Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts, United States.
Gulbenkian# 712,
Edward Stanley Gotch Robinson, M. Castro Hipólito; 1971. A Catalogue of the Calouste Gulbenkian Collection of Greek Coins / Part 1: Italy, Sicily, Carthage. Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon, Portugal.
And 1 more volumes.
McClean# 7979
Sidney W. Grose; 1923. Fitzwilliam Museum / Volume 1. Western Europe, Magna Graecia, Sicily : Catalogue of the McClean Collection of Greek Coins. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
And 2 more volumes.

Obverse

Veiled head of Demeter right, wearing wreath of grain ears.

Reverse

Tripod tied with fillet within linear square.

Mint

Mytilene, Lesbos, modern-day Mytilene, Greece

Comments

Pozzi 2335; Bement 1429.

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Past sales

Pictures Sale Date Grade Sold price
Picture 1 of a sold Hekte
Numismatica Ars Classica
Auction 123
Lot 645
Internet Archive
9 May 2021 XF USD 1440.93
(CHF 1300.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
Picture 1 of a sold Hekte
CNG
Triton XXVII
Lot 249
Internet Archive
9 Jan 2024 VF USD 1400.00
(+ buyer's premium)
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