Hekte

Features

Issuer	Halikarnassos (Caria)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	500 BC - 495 BC
Value	⅙ Silver Stater (½)
Currency	Drachm
Composition	Srebro
Weight	1.91 g
Diameter	12.0 mm
Shape	Okrągły (nieregularny)
Technique	Młotkowana, Incuse
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 147366
References	SNG Keckman Karia# 920 Ulla Westermark; 1994. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Finland / Part 1. The Erkki Keckman Collection in the Skopbank, Helsinki: Karia. Finnish Society of Sciences and Letters, Helsinki, Finland. , HN Online# 213 Historia numorum (http://hno.huma-num.fr/) , SNG Kayhan# 810-812 Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Turkey 1 - The Muharrem Kayhan Collection. Istanbul, Turkey (2 volumes). , SNG von Aulock# 2340 Gebr. Mann (publisher). Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Sammlung von Aulock. Gebr. Mann, Berlin, Germany (17 volumes). , SNG Ashmolean# 295-315 Oxford University Press (publisher). Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Volume V - Ashmolean Museum. Oxford University Press, London, United Kingdom (7 volumes).

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Obverse

(en) Head of Keto facing left

Reverse

(en) Incuse square with geometric pattern

Mint

Halicarnassus, Caria, modern-day Bodrum, Turkey

Comments

(en) Keto is a sea godess in ancient greek mythology representing the dangers of the open sea, more specifically of sea monsters, hvales and large sharks. She was the daughter of Pontos(Sea) and Gaia(Earth). She is the mother of the Gorgons, that are a usual depiction on greek archaic coinage.

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (500 BC - 495 BC)								$ 1600

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Grade	Sold price
	CNG Auction 121 Lot 395	6 Oct 2022	XF	USD 2000.00 (+ buyer's premium)
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	CNG Electronic Auction 389 Lot 308	18 Jan 2017	XF	USD 525.00 (+ buyer's premium)
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