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Tetrobol - Kuprilli
| Issuer | Lycia, Dynasts of |
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| Year | 470 BC - 440 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | A triskeles depicted in bold relief within a dotted square border, the whole set within a deeply incuse square. The three curved legs of the triskeles radiate dynamically from a central boss, rendered in a robust archaic style. The incuse square technique is typical of early fifth-century BC Greek coinage of Asia Minor. The dotted inner border frames the device precisely within the recessed field. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Kuprilli was among the earliest named dynasts of Lycia to strike coinage, and his issues represent the first phase of a regional minting tradition that would persist for over two centuries. His name appears in both Greek and Lycian script across his coinage, one of the earliest attestations of the Lycian language in any written form. The dynasts of this period operated under loose Achaemenid suzerainty following Cyrus the Younger's consolidation of western Anatolia, yet maintained enough autonomy to issue silver in their own names.
The tetrobol fraction is scarcer than the stater in this series.