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Hekte
| Issuer | Mytilene |
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| Year | 454 BC - 427 BC |
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| Weight | 2.48 g |
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| Reverse description | Head of a lion facing right, depicted in bold relief within a linear square border, itself set within a shallow incuse square. The mane is rendered with characteristic archaic stylization, with individual tufts radiating around the face. The open mouth, bared teeth, and prominent eye are sharply struck, conveying the fierce heraldic quality typical of Mytilenean electrum coinage. The incuse square forms a recessed sunken field around the inner linear frame, a hallmark of early Greek hammered coinage technique. |
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| Mint | Mytilene, Lesbos |
| Mintage | ND (454 BC - 427 BC) |
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