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Stater
| Issuer | Phaselis |
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| Year | 530 BC - 500 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Prow of a galley advancing to the right, rendered in the archaic style with the forepart fashioned in the form of a boar's head, with clearly delineated snout and tusks visible beneath the ram. The hull is depicted by a series of horizontal raised lines suggesting strakes, while three circular oar-ports are visible along the upper rail. The design fills the flan with bold, deeply struck relief characteristic of early Lycian-Pamphylian coinage. |
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| Mintage | ND (530 BC - 500 BC) |
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Phaselis occupied an unusual position among Lycian coast cities — founded by Rhodian colonists around 690 BC, it maintained commercial independence that allowed it to mint its own silver long before many neighboring poleis. The city's harbor trade, particularly in timber from the Taurus range and local pine pitch, generated the surplus wealth that made civic coinage practical. GCV 3584 places this stater within the earliest phase of Phaselian silver production, predating the Persian administrative consolidation that would later constrain mint output across the region.