Stater - Kuprilli

Kuprilli is among the earliest named Lycian dynasts whose coinage can be attributed with confidence, ruling during a period when Lycia operated as a tribute-paying satrapy under Achaemenid Persian authority while retaining considerable local autonomy. His silver staters follow the Lycian weight standard rather than the Persian siglos standard — a quiet but deliberate assertion of regional monetary independence from the empire collecting his taxes.

The BMC Greek 68 reference places this firmly in the British Museum's core Lycian dynastic sequence established through 19th-century excavation and acquisition, much of it sourced from the Xanthos region.