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Hekte
| Issuer | Phokaia |
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| Year | 478 BC - 387 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Female head facing left in archaic-to-early classical Greek style, her hair elaborately rendered in fine parallel ridges swept back from the brow and gathered at the nape, with a small earring visible below. The modeling is refined and naturalistic for the period, with a gently inclined profile, almond-shaped eye, and softly defined facial features. The portrait fills the flan with confident authority, characteristic of Phokaian electrum coinage. No legend or inscription appears in the field. |
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| Mintage | ND (478 BC - 387 BC) |
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Phokaia was one of the earliest Greek cities to strike electrum coinage, alongside Mytilene, and the two poleis eventually formalized a shared standard through a treaty — likely the agreement referenced in the King's Peace of 387 BC, which effectively ended independent Phokaian electrum production. The hekte denomination, a sixth of a stater, was the workhorse of this coinage and circulated extensively across Aegean trade networks.
Bodenstedt 96 falls late in the sequence, placing it close to that 387 BC terminus.