Remarks on a Unique Lycian Stater Struck in the Name of Autophradates / Uwagi na temat unikatowego licyjskiego statera bitego w imieniu Autofradatesa (PDF, 3,1 MB)
Jarosław Bodzek, Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Institute of Archaeology
ORCID: 0000-0002-4272-4117
Remarks on a Unique Lycian Stater Struck in the Name of Autophradates
Abstract: In 2021, Jonathan Kagan published a hoard (the so-called “The Unknown-Satrap Hoard”) containing an extremely interesting, previously unknown, unique Lycian coin (“Unknown Satrap Stater”) from the dynastic period. Based on the iconography, he considered it to be an issue minted by an uncertain Achaemenid satrap. Kagan dated the coin to the end of the 5th century BC, i.e. earlier than the well-known Lycian Tissaphernes issue. However, he was unable to read the inscriptions properly but the legend was actually deciphered a year later by Wilhelm Müseler. On this basis, he attributed the coin to the famous Achaemenid military commander and satrap Autophradates. At the same time, he dated the coin in question to the period after 370 BC (precisely 361 BC). The aim of this paper is to verify previous findings regarding the dating of the mentioned coin and the context of its minting.
Key words: Lycia, Autophradates, Xanthos, stater, Iranian horseman motif
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52800/AJST.1.19.a1
Bodzek, J. 2024. “Remarks on a Unique Lycian Stater Struck in the Name of Autophradates”, Notae Numismaticae – Zapiski Numizmatyczne 19: 13–34. DOI: https://doi.org/10.52800/AJST.1.19.a1