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Ancient Coins of Lycia, Anatolia

Lycia, on the southern coast of Anatolia, was first recorded in the Late Bronze Age records of ancient Egypt and the Hittite Empire. In 546 B.C. when Lycia was involuntary incorporated into the Persian Empire, the local population was decimated, and the area received an influx of Persians. Lycia fought for Persia in the Persian Wars. Intermittently free after the Greeks defeated the Achaemenid Empire, it briefly joined the Athenian Empire, it seceded and became independent, was under the Persians again, revolted again, was conquered by Mausolus of Caria, returned to the Persians, and went under Macedonian hegemony at the defeat of the Persians by Alexander the Great. Lycia was totally Hellenized under the Macedonians. The Lycian language disappeared from inscriptions and coinage. On defeating Antiochus III in 188 the Romans gave Lycia to Rhodes for 20 years, taking it back in 168 B.C. The Romans allowed home rule under the Lycian League, a federation with republican principles, which later influenced the framers of the United States Constitution. In 43 A.D. Claudius dissolved the league and made Lycia a Roman province. It was an eparchy of Byzantine Empire. A substantial Christian Greek community lived in Lycia until the 1920s when they were forced to migrate to Greece following the Greco-Turkish War.Lycia

Phaselis, Lycia, c. 190 - 167 B.C.

|Lycia|, |Phaselis,| |Lycia,| |c.| |190| |-| |167| |B.C.||AE| |21|
Athena is the Greek goddess of wisdom, courage, inspiration, civilization, law and justice, strategic warfare, mathematics, strength, strategy, the arts, crafts, and skill. She was believed to lead soldiers into battle as the war goddess Athena Promachos. The Parthenon on the Athenian Acropolis was dedicated to her, along with numerous other temples and monuments across Europe, West Asia, and North Africa. Her usual attribute is the owl and Nike is her frequent companion.GB111741. Bronze AE 21, Heipp-Tamer B55; SNG Cop 126; SNGvA 4439; BMC Lycia p. 82, 18; Mionnet III p. 443, 69, aF, Light earthen deposits, weight 4.059 g, maximum diameter 20.6 mm, die axis 330o, Phaselis (near Tekirova, Turkey) mint, c. 190 - 167 B.C.; obverse prow of war galley right, Nike flying right above crowning acrostolium with wreath; reverse Athena standing right, wearing long chiton and helmet, aegis on left arm, wielding thunderbolt in right hand, Φ - A flanking across field below center; $70.00 SALE PRICE $63.00
 


Coins of Ancient Lycia

|Lycia|, |Coins| |of| |Ancient| |Lycia|
Coins of ancient Lycia before the reign of Alexander. With an essay on the relative dates of the Lycian monuments in the British Museum.BK23943. Coins of Ancient Lycia by Sir Charles Fellows, ex library of Alex G Malloy, hardcover, age, wear, 18 plates and descriptions, international shipping at the actual cost of postage; $40.00 SALE PRICE $36.00
 


Lycian Dynasts, Mithrapata, c. 380 - 375 B.C

|Lycia|, |Lycian| |Dynasts,| |Mithrapata,| |c.| |380| |-| |375| |B.C||stater|
This type was minted in Lycia, Anatolia, while under Persian control, prior to Alexander the Great's conquest. The Persian or Achaemenid Empire (c. 550 - 330 B.C.) was the largest empire in ancient history extending across Asia, Africa and Europe, including Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, parts of Central Asia, Asia Minor, Thrace and Macedonia, much of the Black Sea coastal regions, Iraq, northern Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Palestine and Israel, Lebanon, Syria, and much of ancient Egypt as far west as Libya.Persian Empire
SH19453. Silver stater, Podalia Hoard 110, aEF, weight 9.747 g, maximum diameter 29.3 mm, die axis 0o, reverse MEXPAΠA-TA, large triskeles, facing bust of Hermes lower left, all in incuse square; irregular oval shaped flan; rare; SOLD







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