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Obverse: Facing scalp of lion

Reverse: Triskeles within incuse square

Mithrapāta (c. 390–370 BC) was dynast of Lycia in the early 4th century BC, at a time when this part of Anatolia was subject to the Persian, or Achaemenid, Empire.

Mithrapata was the last ruler of Lycia to issue coins. After about 360 BC, the region of Lycia was taken over by the Carian dynast Mausolus.

Lycia was a region in Anatolia, modern day Turkey:

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