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Hekte
| Issuer | Mytilene (Lesbos) |
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| Year | 412 BC - 378 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Bearded male head facing right, rendered in archaizing style and identified as Dionysos, distinguished by a luxuriant moustache and full beard. The effigy is adorned with an ivy wreath bound by a mitra, attributes emblematic of the god of wine. The modelling reflects the late Archaic artistic conventions favoured by the Mytilene mint, with crisp, high-relief facial detail characteristic of its skilled die-cutters. The field is plain, with no legend or inscription. |
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| Reverse description | Female head facing right within a linear square border set inside a shallow incuse square, a hallmark of Mytilene electrum hektes. The figure is identified as a kalathiskos dancer, wearing upon her head the distinctive kalathos — a basket-shaped headdress serving as her iconographic attribute. The incuse reverse treatment contrasts with the raised obverse design, and the facial features are rendered with fine detail consistent with the high standard of Mytilene's electrum coinage. No legend or inscription appears in the field. |
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| Mint | Mytilene, Lesbos, modern-day Mytilene, Greece |
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