Obol

Xanthos was the dominant city of ancient Lycia, and its coinage from this period falls under the satrapal system imposed following Persian reconsolidation of the region after the Delian League's collapse. The local dynasts — technically subordinate to the Achaemenid satrapy of Caria and Lycia — retained striking rights and issued coins that blended Greek denominations with distinctly Lycian iconographic sensibilities.

At 0.65g, the obol sat at the fractional end of a weight standard that scholars still debate between Persic and Rhodian alignments. The SNG Copenhagen reference anchors this type firmly within the dynastic sequence, though attributions between individual rulers of this decade remain contested in the literature.