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Hekte
| Issuer | Phokaia |
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| Year | 478 BC - 387 BC |
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| Value | Hekte (10⁄3) |
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| Obverse description | Bearded head of Silenos facing front, crowned with an ivy wreath rendered in fine archaic style. A small seal (phoke), the civic badge of Phokaia, appears to the left of the head facing upward, serving as a mint identifier. The portrait is boldly modeled in high relief against a plain field, exhibiting the characteristic strong facial features — bulbous nose, furrowed brow, and thick beard — associated with satyric imagery in archaic Greek coinage. The flan is irregularly shaped, as is typical of hammered electrum fractions of this period. |
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| Reverse description | Plain quadripartite incuse square occupying the full reverse field, divided into four roughly equal triangular sections by two diagonal grooves intersecting at the center. The incuse punch impression is characteristic of archaic Greek coinage technique, providing a counterpart to the obverse relief design. The surface within the incuse is uneven and granular, consistent with the hammered production method employed for electrum fractions of this era. No inscriptions or subsidiary devices are present. |
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| Mint | Phokaia (Ionia) |
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