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A silver diobol of Uvug, Dynast of Lycia, showing a winged, man-headed bull protome and a female head Coin Type: Silver diobol of Uvug, Dynast of Lycia.
Mint and Date: Uncertain mint, c. 470-440 BCE.
Size and Weight: 10mm x 12mm, 1.33g
Obverse: Protome of man-headed winged bull right.
Reverse: Female head, variously described as Sphinx or Aphrodite, right. Lycian lettering "uwug" behind. All within dotted square border, all in incuse square.
Provenance: Apollo Numismatics (Vcoins), January 2014
Ref: Traité II/2 314; BMC Lycia p16, 75; see GCV 5194 for the tetrobol.
BW Ref: 001 055 169
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