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Trihemiobol - Uncertain Dynast
| Issuer | Lycia, Dynasts of |
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| Year | 500 BC - 480 BC |
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| Weight | 0.95 g |
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| Obverse description | Forepart of a boar's head facing right, rendered in high relief with finely detailed bristles along the crest and snout. The eye is clearly articulated, and the characteristic tusks are visible projecting from the lower jaw. The treatment of the surface texture is characteristic of early Lycian archaic coinage, with the image occupying the majority of the irregular flan. The field below the boar's head is plain and slightly concave, consistent with the hammered technique of the period. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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The Lycian dynastic coinage of the early fifth century predates the region's fuller absorption into the Achaemenid administrative orbit, and attributing individual pieces to specific dynasts remains genuinely difficult — hence "uncertain" in the catalog rather than a placeholder for missing research. Müseler's typology has substantially refined earlier classifications, but many small silver fractions in this weight class still resist firm assignment.