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Obol - Uncertain Dynast
| Issuer | Lycia, Dynasts of |
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| Year | 450 BC |
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| Diameter | 8 mm |
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| Reverse description | A triskeles motif — three interlocked, spiraling legs radiating from a central boss — struck in relief within a square frame composed of a border of raised dots. The entire design is set within a shallow incuse square produced by the anvil die, a hallmark technique of early Lycian coinage. The field within the dotted square border is lightly granular, and the triskeles arms are boldly rendered with curved, tapering limbs. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Lycian dynastic coinage of the fifth century BC presents persistent attribution problems — many small silver fractions circulate in the literature under "uncertain dynast" simply because the abbreviated dynastic names on archaic Lycian issues resist confident reading at this module. The region operated as a loose collection of semi-autonomous rulers nominally under Achaemenid suzerainty, each issuing in their own name, which means the gap between "uncertain" and "attributed" often comes down to a single damaged letter.