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Coin ID #2953

Lykia Uncertain (BC 380-370) Obol

ca 380-370 BC. AR Obol (0.56g). Murex shell / Sea serpent (ketos?). VF, attractively toned, small piece broken off and professionally repaired.

While the similarities to the type of Mithrapata suggest an attribution to that dynast, all of his coins bear at least a portion of his name and there are no letters on this coin. As types tend to be transferred from dynast to dynast, it is possible that this issue is from a contemporary of Mithrapata. The sea serpent, though, is not present on any published specimen of a Lycian dynast, which suggests that this coin may not be from the dynasts' series at all.

File information
Filename:700305.jpg
City/Mint name:Lykia Uncertain
Rating (8 votes):11111
Keywords:silver / classical
References:Unpublished, but cf. Klein 606 and BMC Lycia 8 for an obol of Mithrapata with the same obverse type and style
Valuation:CNG Auc. 70 (9/2005), lot 305 ($135 + comm)
Photo courtesy of:Classical Numismatic Group - www.cngcoins.com
Filesize:30 KiB
Date added:Oct 08, 2005
Dimensions:267 x 118 pixels
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