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Trite - Tymnes
| Issuer | Termera |
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| Year | 480 BC - 460 BC |
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| Diameter | 13 mm |
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| Obverse description | Nude satyr depicted in the archaic running-kneeling pose (knielauf), facing right, with arms extended and legs bent at the knee in dynamic motion. The figure displays characteristic archaic stylization in the rendering of musculature and posture. The field is bounded by a dotted border encircling the design. The flan is irregular, typical of hand-struck Anatolian coinage of the early fifth century BC. |
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| Reverse description | Facing right, a roaring lion's head rendered in bold relief, with open jaws and mane suggested in the die work; the neck terminates in a row of pellets forming the truncation. The entire design is set within a deeply recessed incuse square, a hallmark of early Carian and western Anatolian hammered silver coinage. The incuse is well-defined with sharp edges, consistent with the punched reverse technique of the period. |
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Termera was a small Carian coastal settlement whose coins are among the rarest products of the southwestern Anatolian minting tradition. The magistrate name Tymnes — rendered in archaic Greek on the issue — appears on a handful of known specimens, suggesting production was brief and deliberately small in scale. Tymnes is also attested as a dynastic name among Carian ruling families of this period, which may indicate local authority rather than a simple mint official.