MK-B | Aruvatiyäsi (Aryotes)? ca. 390-385 v. Chr.

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Aruvatiyäsi (Aryotes)? ca. 390-385 v. Chr.
	Berlin, Münzkabinett der Staatlichen Museen Münzkabinett, Vault
Obverse	Kopf der Athena mit attischem Helm samt Helmbusch nach l. Olivenblätter an Stirnschirm, Palmettenverzierung auf Kessel.
Reverse	Aruvati-yä-si [lykisch]. Löwe im Vorwärtssprung nach l. in einem vertieftem Quadrat, welches innen von Punktreihe gefasst ist.
Class/status	Ancient Ruler's issue
Date	ca. 390-385 v. Chr. Classical
Denomination	Stater Stater Literally the resp. one unit. Hence designating the main unit within a certain currency of a Greek city or realm. The silver tetradrachm of Athens or the tridrachm of Corinth hence are also the stater within each denominational system. The main meaning though, especially in modern scholarship, is that of a denomination in gold of about 8.6 grams in the Attic standard.
	Silver ; 8,11 g; 19-26 mm; 3 h
Production	struck
Region	Lycia
Country	Turkey
Publications	J.-P. Six, Monnaies Lyciennes, Revue Numismatique 1886-1887, Nr. 231 7/4 (dieses Stück).
Web Portals	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/aruwatijesi_lycia_hoff_2017_m128
Item	Coin
Department	Antiquity, Greek, Archaic and Classical periods
Accession	1873 Fox
previous Owner	1. Charles Richard Fox 1868 - 1873 2. Charles Louis William Merlin - 1868
Object number	18205713
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