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Obol - Arbinas
| Issuer | Lycia, Dynasts of |
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| Year | 410 BC - 390 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | Bearded head of Herakles facing right, the hero identified by the lion skin headdress whose jaws frame the top of his skull and whose pelt drapes behind the neck. A club is depicted downward in the field to the right. The entire design is set within a shallow circular incuse, bounded by a border of small raised dots, a hallmark of Lycian dynastic fractional coinage. No legend is present. |
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| Mintage | ND (410 BC - 390 BC) |
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Arbinas ruled the Lycian dynastic seat at Xanthos during a period when the region operated as a Persian satrapy in all but name — paying tribute, supplying troops, yet striking distinctly local coinage that owed nothing stylistically to Achaemenid convention. The obol was the smallest practical silver denomination in the dynastic series, likely used for local retail transactions rather than inter-regional commerce.
Arbinas is attested in inscriptions at Xanthos, including the Xanthos Stele, placing him within a documented succession of dynasts rather than the murky attribution zone that plagues many Lycian issues.