Beyond the Xanthos Valley: Rulers and mints in Eastern and Central Lycia at the time of the “dynasty of Xanthos”

Abstract

The alleged intermission in the coin production of Eastern and Central Lycia after the establish-ment of the so-called “dynasty of Xanthos” in Western Lycia during the thirties of the 5th century BC is to be filled with the coinage of Teththiweibi, the eastern series of Kheriga and Kherẽi and, finally, with the coinage of Khinakha, which may well have lasted deep into the penultimate dec-ade of that century. There remains a certain gap between those coinages and the one initiated by the younger Wekhssere at Zagaba around ca. 395 BC, but the intermittent period is much shorter than it originally appeared.

Keywords

• Lycia,dynastic coinage,political geography

Ksanthos Vadisi’nin Ötesi: “Ksanthos Dinastlığı” Dönemi’nde Doğu ve Merkezi Lykia’daki Yöneticiler ve Sikke Basımları

Öz

Batı Lykia’da İ.Ö. 530’larda kurulan “Ksanthos Dinastlığı” akabinde, iddia edildiği üzere Doğu ve Merkezi Lykia’nın sikke basımında yaşadığı duraklama Teththiweibi sikke darbı, Kheriga ve Kherẽi’in doğu baskıları ve nihayetinde, aynı yüzyılın sonuncudan bir önceki 10 yılı içlerine kadar girmiş olması gayet olağan olan Khinakha sikke basım süreci ile doldurulmalıdır. Böylelikle bu sikke basım süreçleri ile Zagaba’daki genç Wekhssere tarafından yak. İ.Ö. 395 civarında başlatılan süreç arasında bir boşluk kalmaktadır, fakat bu kesinti süreci aslında görüldüğünden çok daha kısadır.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Lykia,dinastik sikke basımı,politik coğrafya

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