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Stater - Menes
| Issuer | Phaselis (Lycia) |
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| Year | 250 BC - 220 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | Stern of a war galley (trireme) to the left, depicted with the aphlaston curving upward and the oar-bank rendered as a row of projecting strokes along the hull. Above the vessel, the magistrate's name and the city ethnic are inscribed in two lines in Greek characters: ΜΕΝΗΣ above and ΦΑΣΗ below, identifying the issuing magistrate Menes and the mint city of Phaselis. The bold, somewhat archaic letterforms are characteristic of Lycian civic coinage of the mid-Hellenistic period. The overall design is crisp and confidently struck within the irregular flan. |
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| Reverse lettering | ΜΕΝΗΣ ΦΑΣΗ |
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| Mintage | ND (250 BC - 220 BC) |
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