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Hekte
| Issuer | Phokaia |
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| Year | 521 BC - 478 BC |
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| Technique | Hammered, Incuse |
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| Reverse description | Quadripartite incuse square divided into four recessed compartments of roughly equal size, formed by two intersecting raised ridges meeting at the centre of the die. The incuse design is executed in the standard archaic Greek technique typical of early electrum coinage from the Ionian coast, with irregular but well-defined sunken panels. No inscriptions, symbols, or additional devices appear within the incuse field. |
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| Mint | Phokaia (Ionia) |
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Phokaia was among the earliest Greek cities to exploit the natural electrum deposits of the Lydian hinterland, and its hektai circulated widely across the Aegean trade network long before Athens dominated those routes. The city's coinage was interrupted sharply when the Persians sacked Phokaia around 540 BC, driving much of the population to found Elea in southern Italy — yet the mint resumed, suggesting either a remnant population or deliberate Persian tolerance of a commercially useful coinage.
Bodenstedt 43 falls within the later phase of this series, after the resumption.