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Tetrobol
| Issuer | Dynasts of Lycia (Achaemenid Satrapies) |
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| Year | 520 BC - 460 BC |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | Forepart of a boar advancing left, rendered in bold archaic relief with prominent bristled dorsal ridge, elongated snout, and splayed foretrotters clearly articulated in the lower field. The musculature of the shoulder and neck is rendered with confident modeling typical of early Lycian die-cutting. No legend or inscription appears in the field. |
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| Reverse description | Irregular incuse square divided by geometric linear patterns, with triangular projections extending inward from two opposing sides and irregular linear shapes protruding from the remaining sides, creating a quadripartite composition. Pellets and irregular incised lines appear scattered within the compartments of the field. The incuse technique is characteristic of early archaic coinage practice in the region, serving as a counterpart impression to the obverse design. |
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Lycian dynasts of this period operated in an awkward political middle ground — nominally subject to Achaemenid Persian authority while maintaining enough autonomy to strike their own coinage. The Persian Wars cut directly through this tension; after Xerxes' failed Greek campaigns of 480–479 BC, loyalty calculations among Lycian rulers shifted repeatedly, and the coinage record reflects that instability in its sheer diversity of issuing authorities across a compressed timespan.
The Demirler Hoard reference places this type in a well-documented Lycian assemblage, suggesting local rather than export circulation.