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Stater - Wekhssere II Xanthos
| Issuer | Lycia, Dynasts of |
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| Year | 400 BC - 390 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | Bust of Hermes, or possibly a Kabeiros, facing right within a shallow round incuse, wearing a winged pilos; the design is set against an incuse field containing a triskelion (diskeles) motif and a Lycian dynastic legend. The incuse technique is typical of Lycian dynastic silver coinage, and the compact composition reflects local Anatolian artistic conventions blended with Greek iconographic influences. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Wekhssere II ruled Xanthos during a period when Lycian dynasts operated in an uncomfortable position between Persian imperial authority and their own deeply local traditions. Coins struck in his name reflect a mint that had absorbed Athenian weight standards without surrendering Lycian political identity — the stater weight placing this issue firmly within the Lycian series rather than any Persian satrapal tradition. Müseler's classification remains the primary reference for this dynastic sequence, and attributions within it are sometimes contested given the incomplete epigraphic record for the shorter-reigning Xanthian dynasts of this decade.