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Stater - Kuprilli
| Issuer | Lycia, Dynasts of |
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| Year | 470 BC - 440 BC |
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| Diameter | 18 mm |
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| Reverse description | A bull's head in left profile, rendered in shallow incuse relief within a recessed square punch, consistent with early hammered coinage technique. The head is modelled with a broad muzzle and visible horns curving upward, the overall design occupying the centre of the incuse square. The flat, granular field surrounding the device and the square's raised border are typical of the archaic Lycian dynastic series attributed to Kuprilli. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Kuprilli was among the earliest named dynasts of Lycia to issue coinage in his own right, operating under loose Achaemenid suzerainty during the mid-fifth century BC. The decision to strike silver staters — adopting the weight standard common to southwestern Anatolia — reflects Lycia's position as a tributary region that nonetheless maintained considerable administrative autonomy. Müseler's classification of this issue within Group IV places it in a relatively well-documented dynastic sequence, though attributions across Lycian dynastic coinage remain actively debated among specialists.