Hekte

Features

Issuer	Mytilene (Lesbos)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	412 BC - 378 BC
Value	Hekte (⅙)
Currency	Phocaean stater
Composition	Electrum
Weight	2.56 g
Diameter	10 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered, Incuse
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 556302
References	Bodenstedt# 64 Friedrich Bodenstedt; 1981. Die Elektronmünzen von Phokaia und Mytilene. Ernst Wasmuth, Tübingen, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany. , HGC 6# 990 Oliver D. Hoover; 2010. Handbook of Coins of the Islands / Volume 6: Adriatic, Ionian, Thracian, Aegean, and Carpathian Seas (excluding Crete and Cyprus) : Sixth to First Centuries BC. Classical Numismatic Group, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States / London, United Kingdom. , Traité II# 2197 Ernest Babelon; 1910. Traité des monnaies grecques et romaines / Partie 2.2. Description historique: Comprenant les monnaies de l'empire des Perses Achéménides, de l'orient sémitique et de l'Asie-mineure aux Ve et IVe siècles avant J.-C.. Éditions Ernest Leroux, Paris, France.

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Obverse

Laureate head of Apollo facing slightly to right.

Reverse

Head of an Amazon to right, wearing Thracian leather helmet, within linear square within incuse square.

Mint

Mytilene, Lesbos, modern-day Mytilene, Greece

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (412 BC - 378 BC)						$ 280	$ 820	$ 1300

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Grade	Sold price
	Multiple sales of the same specimen: Künker Auction 326 Lot 830	7 Oct 2019	XF	USD 1278.46 (EUR 1100.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, Osnabrück and Lübke & Wiedemann KG, Leonberg
	CNG Triton XXI Lot 465	9 Jan 2018	XF	USD 1600.00 (+ buyer's premium)
© Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.
	Roma Numismatics Auction XII Lot 288	29 Sep 2016	XF	USD 1276.36 (GBP 950.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Roma Numismatics Limited
	Roma Numismatics Auction 10 Lot 457	27 Sep 2015	XF	USD 5374.14 (GBP 4000.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Roma Numismatics Limited
	CNG Triton XXIX Lot 5230	13 Jan 2026	VF	USD 1200.00 (+ buyer's premium)
Ex Pegasi Auctions XXXIV (24 May 2016), lot 166
© Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.
	CNG Electronic Auction 596 Lot 206	1 Oct 2025	VF	USD 3250.00 (+ buyer's premium)
© Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.
	Multiple sales of the same specimen: Leu Numismatik Web Auction 33 Lot 1110	15 Mar 2025	VF	USD 1205.20 (CHF 950.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Leu Numismatik
	Leu Numismatik Web Auction 32 Lot 518	7 Dec 2024	VF	USD 824.61 (CHF 650.00) (+ buyer's premium)
Ex Gorny & Mosch 113, 18 October 2001, 207 and Leu 7, 9 May 1973, 220.
© Leu Numismatik
	Heritage Auctions Wednesday & Thursday World & Ancient Coins Select Auction 232430 Lot 64042	24 Jul 2024	VF (NGC Choice VF 4/5 - 3/5)	USD 650.00 (+ buyer's premium)
© Heritage Auctions
	Leipziger Münzhandlung Auction 103 Lot 1004	16 Apr 2024	VF	USD 767.08 (EUR 660.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Leipziger Münzhandlung und Auktion Manfred Höhn