CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY
![](images/Lesbos_Mytilene_EL_Hekte_Bodenstedt41_211017.jpg "᷅ <font color=\\"#FF0000\\"><b>SOLD</b></font color>: Lesbos, Mytilene, Electrum Hekte, Boar, 454-427 BC")
- Denomination:
- EL Hekte
- Composition:
- Electrum (mixture of gold and silver)
- Date:
- 454-428/7 BC
- Obverse:
- Forepart of boar right
- Reverse:
- Head of lion right in linear square within incuse square
- Reference:
- Bodenstedt 41;SNG Copenhagen 309; HGC 6, 967
- Size:
- 10mm, 2.50g, 12 h
- Province:
- Lesbos, Mytilene
- Grade:
- gF, well toned
- Rarity:
- Rare
- Provenance:
- Triskeles Auction 326, Lot 110
- Information:
- An affordable example of the famous electrum coinage from Lesbos, Mytilene.
Mytilene is the capital city of Lesbos, a status which it has enjoyed the 7th centruy BC. In the 6th to 4th centuries BC, the city was famous for the production of electrum (gold and silver alloy) coinage. It is considered to be the first city in the world to experiment with the reduction of purity of metals used to produce coins.
I, Peter A. Piliouras of Ancient Coin Traders irrevocably guarantee for life to the Purchaser that this ancient coin is authentic. If this coin is deemed not to be authentic by a professional certification service, then I will refund to the Purchaser the full cost of acquiring the coin (including shipping) together with the certification fees.
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Signed: Peter Anthony Piliouras
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