Hekte

Features

Issuer Mytilene (Lesbos)
Type Standard circulation coin
Years 521 BC - 478 BC
Value Hekte (14⁄3)
Currency Drachm
Composition Electrum
Weight 2.50 g
Diameter 10.0 mm
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered, incuse
Orientation Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
178773
References Bodenstedt# 12,
Friedrich Bodenstedt; 1981. Die Elektronmünzen von Phokaia und Mytilene. Ernst Wasmuth, Tübingen, Germany.
HGC 6# 937,
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.
BMC Greek# 158,
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.
SNG von Aulock 16 My# 1687,
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.
Weber# 5605,
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.
SNG Ashmolean# 1529
Joseph Grafton Milne, Arthur Evans; 1951. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum (Great Britain) / Volume 5.1. The Ashmolean Museum, Oxford : Evans Collection. Italy. Oxford University Press, London, United Kingdom.
And 6 more volumes.

Obverse

Head of roaring lion right.

Reverse

Incuse head of calf left.

Mint

Mytilene, Lesbos, modern-day Mytilene, Greece

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ND (521 BC - 478 BC)  Photo $ 2600

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Past sales

Pictures Sale Date Grade Sold price
Picture 1 of a sold Hekte
Leu Numismatik
Web Auction 28
Lot 32
Internet Archive
9 Dec 2023 AU
(NGC AU Strike 5/5, Surface 4/5)
USD 2441.37
(CHF 2200.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
Picture 1 of a sold Hekte
CNG
Triton XXVII
Lot 245
Internet Archive
9 Jan 2024 XF USD 3250.00
(+ buyer's premium)
Picture 1 of a sold Hekte
Numismatica Ars Classica
Auction 138
Lot 217
Internet Archive
18 May 2023 XF USD 2496.86
(CHF 2250.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
Picture 1 of a sold Hekte
Katz
Auction 48
Lot 4
Internet Archive
17 Sep 2021 XF USD 2052.80
(EUR 1901.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
Picture 1 of a sold Hekte
Leu Numismatik
Auction 5
Lot 119
Internet Archive
27 Oct 2019 XF USD 721.31
(CHF 650.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
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