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Hekte
| Issuer | Mytilene (Lesbos) |
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| Year | 478 BC - 455 BC |
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| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
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| Edge | Plain |
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| Mintage | ND (478 BC - 455 BC) |
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Mytilene and Cyzicus dominated electrum coinage in the Aegean for centuries, but their production models differed sharply — Cyzicus struck a long-running stater series, while Mytilene committed to the hekte as its principal denomination, issuing new die pairs with unusual frequency. Bodenstedt 26 falls within the post-Persian War period, when Mytilene was navigating its position inside the Delian League while maintaining enough commercial independence to sustain a distinct coinage.
The natural electrum alloy used at Mytilene varied in gold content between issues, a fact Bodenstedt's die study documents in detail.