Stater - Kuprilli

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.