Hekte of Kyzikos
CoinsGreek5th-4th century BCE

Hekte of Kyzikos

400 BCE

Description

Obv.: head of Attis; tunny fish under the neck. Rev.: four-part incuse square

Classification
Coins
Technique
Struck
Medium
Electrum
Culture
Greek
Period
Classical period
Century
5th-4th century BCE
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Department
Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics

Dimensions

2.73 g

Provenance

Bought from Bank Leu in the 1990s

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