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Lymira, Lycian League, c. 48 - 35 B.C.
| Limyra was one of the oldest cities in Lycia, located near the southern coast of Anatolia, on the Limyrus River, about 5 1/2 km from its mouth. It was a prosperous small city with rich abundant soil, and became one of the finest Greek trade settlements. Pericles made it the capital of the Lycian League. Limyra was conquered by Cyrus the Great and remained under Persian control until it was conquered and sacked by Alexander the Great. The city is mentioned by Strabo (XIV, 666), Ptolemy (V, 3, 6) and several Latin authors. Gaius Caesar, adopted son of Augustus, died there. The ruins, about 5 km northeast of the town of Finike (ancient Phoenicus) in Antalya Province, Turkey, include a theater, tombs, sarcophagi, and about 3 km east is the Roman Bridge at Limyra, one of the oldest segmented arch bridges. |  |
GS80182. Silver hemidrachm, BMC Lycia p. 60, 4 ff., RPC I 3302 var., SGCV II 5292 var., VF, toned, lamination defects, Lymira (near Finike, Turkey) mint, weight 1.914g, maximum diameter 14.2mm, die axis 0o, c. 168 B.C. - 43 A.D.; obverse laureate head of Apollo right, hair rolled; reverse kithara (lyre), ΛYKIΩN above, Λ-I divided low across field, all within an incuse square; SOLD
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