Ancient Coinage of Xanthos, Lycia



The former name of Xanthos was Arina, and the Lycian legend ARN is often seen on the town's civic coins.

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CIVIC AND SEMI-AUTONOMOUS COINAGE
Mueseler VII 31Xanthos, Lycia, AR stater, struck under Wekhssere II. 400-380 BC. 8.17 g. Helmeted head of Athena right. / Lycian script resembling AΡΞNA+A to right of laureate head of Apollo right, diskeles behind head. Mueseler VII, 31 (this coin); SNG von Aulock 4197.TextImage
Mueseler VII 34Xanthos, Lycia, AR hemiobol, time of Vekhssere II. ca 400-380 BC. 7.5mm, 0.24 g. Helmeted head of Athena right. / Laureate head of Apollo right, diskeles behind head. Mueseler VII, 34.TextImage
Mueseler VIII 83Xanthos, Lycia, AR hemiobol, 490-353 BC. 7 mm, 0.29 g. Lion's head right (sometimes described as a wolf). / Lycian script resembling AΡB (=ARN), astragalos. Müseler-Nolle VIII, 83.TextImage
SNG Turkey 9, 1194Xanthos, Lycia. AR hemiobol. 410-400 BC. 8 mm, 0.35 g. Helmeted head of Athena left. / Helmeted head of Athena left. SNG Turkey 9, 1194-1196.TextImage
Troxell 5Xanthos, AR drachm, Lycian League issue. ca 167-81 BC. 15 mm, 2.69 g. Laureate head of Apollo right; bow and quiver over shoulder. / ΛYKIΩN above, Ξ-A across fields, lyre, all within incuse square. Troxell 5; SNG von Aulock 4475-4476; Müseler pl. XI, 1; SNG Cop 151; SNG Fitz 5051; Lockett 2479; SNG Lockett 3012; Rhousopoulos 4244; Weber 7308.TextImage
Waddington 3201Xanthos, AE13 civic issue, 200-168 BC. 0.99 g. Laureate head of Apollo right. / ΞAN-ΘIΩN to right and left of lyre. BMC 1-2; SNG Tuebingen 4289; Waddington 3201 (this coin); Paris 339.TextImage
wwxls AR12566Xanthos, Lycia, AR obol. 360-300 BC. 0.76 g. Lion's head right. / Lycian script resembling AΡΞ (archaic X), star with eight rays. wwxls AR12566. Peus 1, 44. Unpublished as an obol.TextImage
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