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Obol - Arbinas
| Issuer | Lycia, Dynasts of |
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| Year | 410 BC - 390 BC |
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| Value | Obol (⅙) |
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| Obverse description | Helmeted head of Athena facing right, rendered in profile with fine archaic detail. The goddess wears an Attic helmet with a prominent upright crest and cheek guards, the bowl decorated with incised lines. Locks of hair emerge beneath the helmet and fall along the neck. The die work reflects the Lycian engraver's adaptation of Greek iconographic conventions, typical of dynastic coinage of this period. No legend present; the field is plain. |
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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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| Edge | Plain |
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