Hekte

Features

Issuer	Mytilene (Lesbos)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	478 BC - 455 BC
Value	Hekte (⅙)
Currency	Stater focejski
Composition	Elektrum
Weight	2.56 g
Diameter	10.5 mm
Shape	Okrągły (nieregularny)
Technique	Młotkowana, Incuse
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 556741
References	Bodenstedt# 27 Friedrich Bodenstedt; 1981. Die Elektronmünzen von Phokaia und Mytilene. Ernst Wasmuth, Tübingen, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany. , HGC 6# 954 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. , BostonMFA# 1670 Agnes Baldwin Brett; 1955. Catalogue of Greek Coins. Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts, United States. , BMC Greek# 12 British Museum (publisher). A Catalogue of the Greek Coins in the British Museum. British Museum, London, United Kingdom (28 volumes). , Traité II# 2136 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

Głowa barana w prawo; poniżej kogut stojący w lewo, dziobiący ziemię. Automatically translated

Reverse

(en) Incuse head of bull right.

Mint

Mytilene, Lesbos, modern-day Mytilene, Greece

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (478 BC - 455 BC)						$ 380	$ 750	$ 1300

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BMC Greek (Troas, Aolis, Lesbos) p. 157, 12

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Grade	Sold price
	CNG Auction 120 Lot 325	11 May 2022	XF	USD 4750.00 (+ buyer's premium)
© Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.
	Heritage Auctions 2022 May 5 - 7 Central States World Coins & Ancient Coins Platinum Session and Signature® Auction 3099 Lot 31147	5 May 2022	XF (NGC Choice XF 4/5 - 4/5)	USD 1250.00 (+ buyer's premium)
© Heritage Auctions
	Stacks Bowers January 2022 NYINC Auction Lot 3058	14 Jan 2022	XF (NGC XF 2/5 - 4/5)	USD 1300.00 (+ buyer's premium)
© Stacks Bowers
	CNG Auction 99 Lot 205	13 May 2015	XF	USD 1700.00 (+ buyer's premium)
© Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.
	Numismatik Lanz Auction 138 Lot 365	26 Nov 2007	XF	USD 576.23 (EUR 500.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Numismatik Lanz Auctions
	Hess Divo Auction 307 Lot 1217	7 Jun 2007	XF	USD 1758.30 (CHF 1400.00) (+ buyer's premium)
Ex M&M 77, Basel, 1992, lot 110
© Hess Divo
	CGB Internet Auction July 2025 Lot 966757	22 Jul 2025	VF	USD 829.77 (EUR 720.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© CGB
	Savoca Numismatik 243rd Monthly Silver Auction Lot 57	24 Nov 2024	VF	USD 979.59 (EUR 850.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Savoca Numismatik GmbH & Co. KG
	Gorny & Mosch Auction 293 Lot 246	6 Mar 2023	VF	USD 1152.45 (EUR 1000.00) (+ buyer's premium)
Ex Gerhard Hirsch Nachf. 170, Munich 1991, Lot 479
© Gorny & Mosch GmbH Giessener Münzhandlung
	Künker Auction 376 Lot 4660	18 Oct 2022	VF	USD 530.13 (EUR 460.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, Osnabrück and Lübke & Wiedemann KG, Leonberg