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Hemidrachm - Kherei
| Issuer | Lycia, Dynasts of |
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| Year | 410 BC - 390 BC |
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| Reference(s) | Sunrise#81 |
| Obverse description | Helmeted head of Athena facing right, depicted in profile with a crested Attic helmet adorned with a prominent ridge crest. The rendering is in a bold, archaic Greek style characteristic of Lycian dynastic coinage of the early fourth century BC. The cheek guards of the helmet frame the goddess's facial features with clarity. The flan is irregular and slightly convex, typical of hand-struck silver issues of this period. |
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| Reverse script | Lycian |
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Kherei ruled the Lycian dynastic seat at Tlos in the late fifth and early fourth centuries BC, operating in the fractious space between Achaemenid Persian suzerainty and the persistent autonomy that Lycian dynasts managed to maintain through careful political positioning. His coinage follows the Lycian weight standard — a system distinct from both the Aeginetan and Attic standards and native to this southwestern Anatolian region, suggesting the mint operated with genuine local administrative independence rather than simply echoing Persian monetary policy.
Sunrise 81 is catalogued from the collection assembled by Numismatica Ars Classica and remains a key reference point for the dynastic series.