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13,00 mm
weight 2,95gr. | silver Ø 13mm.
obv. Winged goat flying left, triskeles before rev. Triskeles, Lycian legend, KO-ΠP-ΛΛE around within incuse square with dotted border
Kuprilli(Lycian: KOΠPΛΛE) was a dynast of Lycia, at a time when this part of Anatolia was subject to the Persian, or Achaemenid, Empire. Kuprilli ruled at the time of the Athenian alliance, the Delian League. Present-day knowledge of Lycia in the period of classical antiquity comes mostly from archaeology, in which this region is unusually rich. Many of the Lycian dynastic issues bear the triskeles, a distinctive mark that was also present on the coinage of the later Lycian League. It is probably a solar emblem symbolizing rotatory motion. In this case it would refer to the worship of the national Lycian deity, Apollo, the God of Light. Xanthos (Lycian: Arñna) was a city in ancient Lycia, the site of present-day Kınık, Antalya Province, Turkey, and of the river on which the city is situated. The ruins of Xanthus are on the south slopes of a hill, the ancient acropolis, located on the northern outskirts of the modern city, on the left bank of the Xanthus, which flows beneath the hill. There is evidence of a fire that destroyed the wooden tombs and temples of Xanthos in around 470 BC. This fire was probably caused by Cimon of Athens when he attacked the sacred citadel in retaliation for the destruction of the Athenian Acropolis by the Persians and their allies, including the Lycians, in 480 BC. The Xanthians, under their dynast, Kuprilli, rebuilt the buildings in stone, which are reflected in the numerous Tombs of Xanthos visible today. Xanthos was a center of culture and commerce for the Lycians, and later for the Persians, and most likely the residence and mint of dynast Kuprilli.
Probably the third known specimen. Extremely rare. BMC- | SNG.von Aulock.- | SNG.Copenhagen- | Weber collection- SNG.Tübingen- | Vismara- | Leu 54, no.152 (1992) Mørkholm/Zahle, Kuprlli - | Slg. Reuter 44 Slg. Dr. Maag- (Peus Nachf., Auktion 407) | Müseler IV, 20 Slg. Dr. Sayar - (Künker, Auktion 402) | Triton VIII, lot 497 Nomos AG, 63 , 804306 (in xf- USD.3.250)RRR vf+ à vf/xf
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