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Hekte
| Issuer | Phokaia |
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| Year | 521 BC - 478 BC |
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| Value | Hekte (10⁄3) |
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| Obverse description | Left-facing head of a horned river god rendered in archaic Greek style, displaying characteristic globular hair treatment with rows of pellets and a short beard. A small seal device is positioned in the right field behind the head, serving as the civic badge of Phokaia. The relief is bold and well-articulated, with the horn emerging prominently from the forehead. The flan is slightly irregular in outline, as is typical of early electrum coinage from Ionia. |
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| Reverse description | Deep quadripartite incuse square divided into four recessed triangular sections by two diagonal raised bars intersecting at the centre, a hallmark of early Ionian electrum coinage struck by the punch technique. The incuse is deeply impressed and sharply defined, occupying nearly the full extent of the reverse flan. The surface of the incuse compartments shows characteristic granularity consistent with the hammered electrum fabric of the period. |
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| Mint | Phokaia (Ionia) |
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