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Tetradrachm - Prytanis
| Issuer | Lebedos (Ionia) |
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| Year | 160 BC |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Reverse lettering | ΛΕΒΕΔΙΩΝ ΠΡΥΤΑΝΙΣ |
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Lebedos was one of the lesser Ionian cities, and by the second century BC it had been functionally absorbed into the orbit of the Attalid kingdom. This tetradrachm was issued under a magistrate named Prytanis — his name appearing as the issuing authority rather than a civic institution, which reflects how thoroughly personal administrative power had displaced traditional polis governance in the region by this period. The Amandry corpus identifies only a handful of dies for the entire Lebedian series, suggesting output was brief and tightly controlled.