Hekte

Features

Issuer Mytilene (Lesbos)
Type Standard circulation coin
Years 412 BC - 378 BC
Value Hekte (14⁄3)
Currency Drachm
Composition Electrum
Weight 2.54 g
Diameter 10.0 mm
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered, incuse
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
178703
References Bodenstedt# 75,
Friedrich Bodenstedt; 1981. Die Elektronmünzen von Phokaia und Mytilene. Ernst Wasmuth, Tübingen, Germany.
HGC 6# 1001,
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# 1725,
Peter Robert Franke, Konrad Kraft; 1959. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Deutschland / Hefte 5. Troas, Aeolis, Lesbos : Sammlung von Aulock. Gebr. Mann Verlag, Berlin, Germany.
BostonMFA# 1714
Agnes Baldwin Brett; 1955. Catalogue of Greek Coins. Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts, United States.

Obverse

Head of Kybele right, wearing turreted crown.

Reverse

Head of Hermes right, wearing petasos, 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 133
Lot 116
Internet Archive
21 Nov 2022 XF USD 1443.06
(CHF 1300.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
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