Hekte
Features
| Issuer |
Mytilene
(Lesbos)  |
|---|---|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 521 BC - 478 BC |
| Value | Hekte (⅙) |
| Currency | Phocaean stater |
| Composition | Electrum |
| Weight | 2.57 g |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Hammered, Incuse |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 178581 |
| References | Bodenstedt# 10 Friedrich Bodenstedt; 1981. Die Elektronmünzen von Phokaia und Mytilene. Ernst Wasmuth, Tübingen, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany. Agnes Baldwin Brett; 1955. Catalogue of Greek Coins. Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts, United States. |
Obverse
Forepart of a winged boar flying to right, with one wing above and the other below his body
Reverse
Lion’s head with open jaws to left, all incuse; behind, irregular incuse rectangle
Mint
Mytilene, Lesbos, modern-day Mytilene, GreeceSee also
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| ND (521 BC - 478 BC) | |||||||||||||||
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