Hekte

Kyzikos dominated electrum coinage in the ancient Greek world for roughly two centuries, and the city's hektes circulated far beyond Mysia — hoards have surfaced across the Black Sea littoral, the Aegean, and as far inland as Anatolia. The consistency of the city's electrum alloy was itself a commercial guarantee, one that made Kyzikene staters and their fractions acceptable in transactions where other regional issues were refused.

The H&L reference places this piece among the earliest attributable Kyzikene fractions, predating the city's most prolific output period.