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Hekte
| Issuer | Mytilene |
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| Year | 454 BC - 427 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Bare head of Aktaeon facing right in fine archaic style, rendered with carefully articulated hair swept back in wavy locks and surmounted by a single stag's antler horn projecting from the crown of the head. The facial features are rendered with confident incised lines, displaying a pronounced profile with almond-shaped eye, straight nose, and firm chin characteristic of late archaic Greek die-cutting. The effigy occupies the full field of the flan with no legend or border. |
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| Reverse description | Facing gorgoneion depicted in shallow relief within a deeply incuse square, the apotropaic mask rendered with large staring eyes, a broad flat nose, and a wide grimacing mouth with protruding tongue flanked by coiling serpents above the brow. The incuse square is defined by four straight, sharply cut borders that frame the gorgoneion centrally within the field. The reverse bears no legend. The style is characteristic of the electrum coinage of Mytilene, Lesbos, dating to the mid-fifth century BC. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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