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Stater - Kuprilli
| Issuer | Lycia, Dynasts of |
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| Year | 470 BC - 440 BC |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | Forepart of a roaring lion to the right, rendered in a bold archaic style, with a frontal facing head turned outward and tongue protruding; the muscular forequarters are depicted in high relief against a plain field, with a dotted border encircling the design. The lion's mane is schematically rendered, and a small crescent or symbol appears in the upper left field. A ground line in the exergue area is suggested by a linear border at the base of the design. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Kuprilli was among the earliest named Lycian dynasts whose coinage can be attributed with confidence, ruling a region that maintained unusual autonomy under Achaemenid Persian suzerainty in the fifth century BC. His silver staters draw directly on the Lycian weight standard rather than the Attic or Persian systems, a deliberate signal of local administrative independence within an otherwise Persian-dominated western Anatolia.
The SNG von Aulock specimens remain the principal reference points for attributing this type, reflecting how thinly documented Lycian dynastic coinage still is outside a handful of major collection surveys.