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Tetrobol - Kuprilli
| Issuer | Lycia, Dynasts of |
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| Year | 470 BC - 440 BC |
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| Composition | Silver |
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| Obverse description | Pegasos depicted in flight to left with a straight, outstretched wing, rendered in archaic Greek style. Beneath the figure, a triskeles motif runs counter-clockwise. The entire design is contained within a raised linear square border, characteristic of early Lycian dynastic coinage. |
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| Reverse description | A triskeles symbol, with three bent legs running counter-clockwise, occupies the central field. The device is surrounded by a dotted border, all set within a deep incuse square, a hallmark of early hammered silver coinage of the Lycian dynastic series. The dynast's name appears in Lycian script within the incuse field. |
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Kuprilli ruled as one of the earliest dynasts of Lycia during the period of Achaemenid Persian dominance over the region, and his coinage reflects a political reality in which local rulers retained the right to strike silver while nominally answering to Persia. His issues are among the most archaic of the Lycian dynastic series, predating the more prolific output of successors like Kherei and Mithrapata by several decades. The Rosen specimen (no. 721) is a key reference point for the type, as attributions within early Lycian coinage remain contested due to sparse epigraphic evidence on the coins themselves.