Hekte

Features

Issuer Mytilene (Lesbos)
Type Standard circulation coin
Years 377 BC - 326 BC
Value Hekte (14⁄3)
Currency Drachm
Composition Electrum
Weight 2.49 g
Diameter 10.0 mm
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered, incuse
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
178730
References Bodenstedt# 100,
Friedrich Bodenstedt; 1981. Die Elektronmünzen von Phokaia und Mytilene. Ernst Wasmuth, Tübingen, Germany.
HGC 6# 1026,
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 16 My# 1715,
Hans von Aulock, Peter Robert Franke; 1967. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Deutschland / Hefte 16. Nachträge 2 : Mysien,Troas, Aeolis, Lesbos : Sammlung von Aulock. Gebr. Mann Verlag, Berlin, Germany.
SNG Copenhagen# 317,
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.
BostonMFA# 1720
Agnes Baldwin Brett; 1955. Catalogue of Greek Coins. Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts, United States.

Obverse

Laureate head of Apollo right.

Reverse

Head of Artemis right in linear square within incuse square and a small serpent behind neck.

Mint

Mytilene, Lesbos, modern-day Mytilene, Greece

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (377 BC - 326 BC)  Photo $ 1100

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Past sales

Pictures Sale Date Grade Sold price
Picture 1 of a sold Hekte
Katz
Auction 48
Lot 13
Internet Archive
17 Sep 2021 AU USD 757.19
(EUR 701.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
Picture 1 of a sold Hekte
Numismatica Ars Classica
Auction 138
Lot 222
Internet Archive
18 May 2023 XF USD 1435.57
(CHF 1300.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
Picture 1 of a sold Hekte
Numismatica Ars Classica
Auction 123
Lot 649
Internet Archive
9 May 2021 VF USD 1104.29
(CHF 1000.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
Picture 1 of a sold Hekte
Numismatica Ars Classica
Auction 123
Lot 650
Internet Archive
9 May 2021 VF USD 1104.29
(CHF 1000.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
Picture 1 of a sold Hekte
Leu Numismatik
Auction 5
Lot 127
Internet Archive
27 Oct 2019 VF USD 419.63
(CHF 380.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
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