Category Archives: Perikle

Ancient Coin Profile – The First Facing Portrait of a King

LYCIA. Dynasts of Lycia, Perikle (c.375-360 B.C.), Silver Stater By Russell A. Augustin, AU Capital Management, LLC…. Lycia was a mountainous region in Anatolia with dramatic slopes that plunge into the sea. Many of its cities left the Delian League as Athens and Sparta fought the Peloponnesian war but in 429 BC, Athens sent an […]

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