Hekte

Features

Issuer	Kyzikos (Mysia)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	500 BC - 450 BC
Value	Hekte (⅙)
Currency	Phocaean stater
Composition	Electrum
Weight	2.66 g
Diameter	9.5 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered, Incuse
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 127603
References	Von Fritze# 181 cf. Hans von Fritze, Hugo Gaebler. Nomisma. Mayer & Müller, Berlin, Germany (12 volumes). , H&L II# 181 Silvia Mani Hurter, Hans-Joachim Liewald; 2004. “Neue Nominale in der Elektronprägung von Kyzikos”, Schweizerische Numismatische Rundschau = Revue Suisse de Numismatique = Rivista Svizzera di Numismatica (Swiss Numismatic Review), Volume 83, pages 27-44.

Obverse

Kithara and beneath it a tunny facing left.

Reverse

Quadripartite incuse square.

Mint

Cyzicus, modern-day Kapıdağ Peninsula, Turkey

Comments

Von Fritze I 181 (unlisted denomination); Greenwell 172 (unlisted denomination); cf. SNG France 324–325 (stater & hemihekte); cf. Boston MFA 1540 (stater); Warren 1589 (stater).

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (500 BC - 450 BC)							$ 2000	$ 3600

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Grade	Sold price
	iBelgica Lansky Auction 2 Lot 76	6 Jul 2020	XF	USD 4757.62 (EUR 4100.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Roma Numismatics Auction XIX Lot 507	26 Mar 2020	XF	USD 2415.93 (GBP 1800.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Nomos AG Auction 27 Lot 1090	22 May 2023	VF	USD 2020.61 (CHF 1600.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Numismatik Naumann GmbH Auction 98 Lot 243	3 Jan 2021	VF	USD 2088.71 (EUR 1800.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	CNG Auction 102 Lot 380	18 May 2016	VF	USD 1900.00 (+ buyer's premium)
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	Numismatik Naumann GmbH Auction 35 Lot 153	6 Sep 2015	VF	USD 870.30 (EUR 750.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	CNG Electronic Auction 287 Lot 106	26 Sep 2012	F	USD 400.00 (+ buyer's premium)
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