Phocaea Hecte circa 521-478, EL 2.59 g. Two confronted boar's heads; above, [seal]. Rev. Quadripartite incuse punch. Jameson 2284 (this coin). Mitchiner 518. Bodenstedt 45.2 (this coin).
Very rare and among the finest specimens known. Lovely reddish tone and extremely fine
Ex Hess sale 14 April 1954, 161; M&M 77, 1992, 117. From the Jameson collection and the Erythrae Hoard of 1923.
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