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᷅ SOLD: Lesbos, Mytilene, Electrum Hekte, Boar, 454-427 BC

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Information: An affordable example of the famous electrum coinage from Lesbos, Mytilene.
Origin: Lesbos, Mytilene
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
Size: 10mm, 2.50g, 12 h
Grade: gF, well toned
Rarity: Rare
Provenance: Triskeles Auction 326, Lot 110
References: Bodenstedt 41;SNG Copenhagen 309; HGC 6, 967
General: 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.
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