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 10.0 mm
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered, incuse
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
178788
References Bodenstedt# 83,
Friedrich Bodenstedt; 1981. Die Elektronmünzen von Phokaia und Mytilene. Ernst Wasmuth, Tübingen, Germany.
HGC 6# 1009,
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 Copenhagen# 313
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.

Obverse

Head of Hermes right, wearing petasos.

Reverse

Lion standing right in linear square within shallow incuse square.

Mint

Mytilene, Lesbos, modern-day Mytilene, Greece

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Pictures Sale Date Grade Sold price
Picture 1 of a sold Hekte
Numismatica Ars Classica
Auction 123
Lot 641
Internet Archive
9 May 2021 VF USD 1656.71
(CHF 1500.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
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