Hekte

Features

Issuer	Kyzikos (Mysia)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	400 BC - 330 BC
Value	Hekte (⅙)
Currency	Phocaean stater
Composition	Electrum
Weight	2.65 g
Diameter	10 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered, Incuse
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 468683
References	Von Fritze# 205 cf. Hans von Fritze, Hugo Gaebler. Nomisma. Mayer & Müller, Berlin, Germany (12 volumes). , H&L II# 205 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

Squat figure of Silenos seated facing, holding thyrsos and kantharos; tunny fish below to left.

Reverse

Quadripartite incuse square.

Mint

Cyzicus, modern-day Kapıdağ Peninsula, Turkey

Comments

Von Fritze -, cf. 205 (stater, described as Dionysos); Hurter & Liewald 2004, 205 (described as Dionysos).

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (400 BC - 330 BC)

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