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Stater
| Issuer | Phaselis (Lycia) |
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| Year | 167 BC - 130 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Laureate head of Apollo facing right, rendered in fine Hellenistic style with long, flowing curly hair falling behind the neck. The effigy is portrayed in high relief with naturalistic facial features. The border is composed of a continuous row of beads encircling the entire field. |
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| Reverse description | Prow of a galley facing right, depicted in detail with oars and ram visible; atop the prow stands a small figure of Nike (Victory) in flight, arms outstretched, holding a wreath. To the left of the prow, the city monogram Φ (Phi, initial of Phaselis) appears in the field. Below the prow, the Greek magistrate's name legend ΑΓΥΙΑΡΧΟΣ is inscribed in a single line. The border is composed of a continuous row of beads. |
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Phaselis occupied an awkward geopolitical position along the Lycian coast — culturally and commercially tied to both the Lycian League and the wider Greek trading world, yet never fully absorbed into either. The city's harbors made it one of the most active transshipment points in the eastern Mediterranean, and its coinage circulated well beyond local boundaries as a result. This stater type belongs to the period following Rome's reorganization of Anatolia after the Peace of Apamea, when regional minting became increasingly assertive as Seleucid authority receded.