★ Well centered and of bold late Archaic style ★

BITHYNIA. Herakleia Pontika. Circa 530-520 BC. Hekte (Electrum, 11 mm, 2.50 g, 12 h). Head of Herakles to left, wearing lion skin headdress. Rev. Quadripartite incuse square. BMC 7-11 ('Erythrai'). W. Fischer-Bossert: Die Elektronhekten mit dem Herakleskopf: Herakleia Pontike, nicht Erythrai, in: NZ 126 (2020), Group 11, 64 (V31/R43). SNG Kayhan 737-8 ('Erythrai'). SNG von Aulock 1942 ('Erythrai'). Well centered and of bold late Archaic style. Struck from slightly worn dies, otherwise, nearly extremely fine.

From a British collection of electrum coins from Lesbos and Ionia, formed in the early 2000s.