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Stater

Issuer Lycia, Dynasts of
Year 500 BC - 440 BC
Type Standard circulation coin
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Edge Plain
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Mintage ND (500 BC - 440 BC)
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Lycian dynastic coinage of this period occupies an unusual position in ancient numismatics — the dynasts who issued it operated as Persian satraps in practice while maintaining enough autonomy to strike coins in their own names, a political balancing act that defined the region for over a century. The weight standard here follows the Lycian norm derived from reduced Aeginetan units rather than the Persian siglos or Attic systems, a deliberate assertion of regional identity.

Rosen 708 is a well-documented specimen within the Rosen Collection, published in the 1999 corpus. The Lycian series from this half-century is notoriously difficult to attribute to specific dynasts, as inscriptions on early issues are abbreviated or absent entirely.

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