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| Issuer | Phaselis (Lycia) |
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| Year | 250 BC - 220 BC |
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| Currency | Drachm |
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| Reverse description | Ship's stern with a prominent curved aphlaston curling to the left, viewed from the side; a six-pointed star appears in the upper field above the stern structure. The abbreviated civic legend ΦΑΣΗ is inscribed across the central field, identifying the issuing city of Phaselis. The overall design reflects the maritime commercial identity of the city. |
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| Reverse lettering | ΦΑΣΗ |
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Phaselis occupied an unusual position among Lycian coastal cities — technically within the Lycian cultural sphere but long operating as an independent commercial hub with closer ties to Pamphylia. The city's bronze issues of this period reflect a municipal economy running on local trade rather than imperial mandate, produced in the decades following Alexander's death when the Diadochi carved up the eastern Mediterranean and smaller cities minted to keep markets functioning.
The Heipp-Tamer classification remains the authoritative typology for Phaselitan bronzes; B6 is among the better-documented varieties in that corpus.