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Tetrobol - Uncertain Dynast
| Issuer | Lycia, Dynasts of |
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| Year | 500 BC - 480 BC |
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| Value | Tetrobol (⅔) |
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| Reverse description | Deeply incuse square divided by a cruciform pattern into four equal rectangular compartments, each containing a single raised pellet at its center. The incuse is sharply struck and rectilinear, consistent with early Greek hammered coinage technique. The surrounding field is flat and unadorned, with no inscription or additional devices. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Lycian dynastic coinage of this period predates the region's absorption into the Achaemenid satrapal system as a formal administrative unit, and the inability to attribute this piece to a named dynast is itself historically telling — the dynastic record for early fifth-century Lycia remains poorly reconstructed, with several rulers known only from coin types rather than any textual source. Müseler's classification of this group under uncertain issuers reflects ongoing scholarly disagreement rather than numismatic laziness.