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Hekte
| Issuer | Mytilene |
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| Year | 412 BC - 378 BC |
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| Value | Hekte (14⁄3) |
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| Obverse description | Bare head of Ares facing right, wearing a crested Corinthian helmet with prominent transverse plume rendered in fine detail. The cheekpieces of the helmet frame a strong, idealized male profile. The neck is truncated at the lower field. The engraving is executed in the refined high-relief style characteristic of Mytilenean electrum coinage of the early fourth century BC. |
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| Reverse description | Helmeted head of an Amazon facing right, depicted wearing a close-fitting helmet adorned with flowing locks of hair visible beneath the brim, rendered in confident incuse relief. The bust is truncated at the lower margin and enclosed within a rectilinear incuse square formed by a double linear border. The finely modelled facial features and elaborate hair treatment are characteristic of the accomplished die-cutting associated with Mytilenean hektai of this period. |
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| Mint | Mytilene |
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