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Obol - Uncertain Dynast
| Issuer | Lycia, Dynasts of |
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| Year | 380 BC - 370 BC |
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| Weight | 0.59 g |
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| Obverse description | Murex shell depicted in high relief at center, with characteristic spired apex and sinuous body rendered in compact form, occupying the majority of the flan. The shell is shown from a three-quarter perspective, conveying naturalistic volume characteristic of Lycian die-cutting of the fourth century BC. The surrounding field is plain and slightly concave, with an irregular serrated border visible at the coin's edge. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Lycian dynastic coinage of this period was produced under a loose confederation of semi-autonomous rulers who maintained tribute obligations to the Achaemenid Empire while striking their own silver — a political arrangement that makes precise attribution genuinely difficult. Without a legible dynastic name or a secure die link to a documented ruler, this obol resists firm assignment, and the Müseler corpus itself acknowledges substantial gaps in the dynastic sequence between roughly 400 and 360 BC.