Hekte

Features

Issuer Mytilene (Lesbos)
Type Standard circulation coin
Years 412 BC - 378 BC
Value Hekte (14⁄3)
Currency Drachm
Composition Electrum
Weight 2.53 g
Diameter 10.0 mm
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered, incuse
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
178696
References Bodenstedt# 78,
Friedrich Bodenstedt; 1981. Die Elektronmünzen von Phokaia und Mytilene. Ernst Wasmuth, Tübingen, Germany.
HGC 6# 1004,
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.
Weber# 5617
Hermann David Weber, Leonard Forrer; 1929. Descriptive catalogue of the collection of Greek coins formed by Sir Hermann Weber M.D. 1823-1918. Spink & Son Limited, London.

Obverse

Head of Ariadne left, hair in sakkos decorated with three grape bunches.

Reverse

Lion, spearhead in jaws, right in linear square within incuse square.

Mint

Mytilene, Lesbos, modern-day Mytilene, Greece

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Past sales

Pictures Sale Date Grade Sold price
Picture 1 of a sold Hekte
Numismatica Ars Classica
Auction 132
Lot 322
Internet Archive
30 May 2022 AU
(NGC AU 5/5 - 4/5)
USD 22 158.04
(CHF 20 000.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
Picture 1 of a sold Hekte
CNG
Auction 100
Lot 1436
Internet Archive
7 Oct 2015 VF USD 900.00
(+ buyer's premium)
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