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Stater - Trbbenimi
| Issuer | Lycia, Dynasts of |
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| Year | 390 BC - 375 BC |
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| Value | Silver Stater (2) |
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| Obverse description | Facing lion scalp depicted en face, rendered with bold high relief characteristic of Lycian dynastic coinage. The mane radiates outward in deeply incised striations around the broad, flat skull, while the muzzle and lower jaw are prominently modeled with open jaws visible below. The ears are rendered as small projections at either side of the cranium, and the overall composition fills the flan with imposing frontality. A Lycian inscription appears along the left field, consistent with the dynast's name. |
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| Reverse description | A triskeles motif occupies the center of a shallow incuse square, its three legs arranged in rotational symmetry. A club is depicted in the field as a secondary symbol, serving as a dynastic or regional emblem. The Lycian letters T-R-B are disposed around the central device within the incuse square, identifying the issuing dynast Trbbenimi. The incuse square is characteristic of early Lycian silver stater production, with a roughly quartered or plain recessed field framing the design. |
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Trbbenimi ruled as a dynast of Podalia in the early fourth century, one of dozens of semi-autonomous Lycian rulers who issued coinage under nominal Persian suzerainty while maintaining distinctly local traditions. The stater series attributed to him is rare enough that catalog references rely heavily on a handful of known specimens spread across major collections — Jameson, Berry, von Aulock — with no single hoard accounting for the type in bulk. Podalia itself was a minor Lycian city, and its dynastic output was brief.