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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Mikey Zee, post: 2400579, member: 72818&quot;]I confess, I caught a bit of &#039;gold fever&#039; recently, but my operating budget required that I&nbsp; go after a more modest example than what we&#039;ve been viewing lately on CT. (Yes, it&#039;s all your fault [USER=77704]@panzerman[/USER] <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />)</p><p><br /></p><p>Please correct me if I am in error, but generally speaking, the El Hekte was 1/6 of a gold stater and approximately 24 drachma were also the silver equivalent of a gold stater.</p><p><br /></p><p>This El Hekte appealed to me due to its antiquity, place of origin, devices and relatively low cost. So please post any coin you may have of similar age, geographical area or comparable devices.....and, of course, any electrum examples you may have.</p><p><br /></p><p>Perhaps the significance of the &#039;female&#039; head can be better explained by one of the gang?? All I seem to find is probable references to fertility or some other unclarified mystical attributes---- Later examples seem to consistently depict Artemis among others.</p><p><br /></p><p>El Hekte, Lesbos Mytilene, circa 412-378 BC; 11 mm, 2.48 grams</p><p>Laureate head of Apollo right.</p><p>Female head within linear incuse square</p><p>Bodenstedt 70; SNG von Aulock, BMC 103</p><p>[ATTACH=full]494645[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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