Name/Title
BCE 0380 - 0360 Lycia, Perikles Bronze AE14, Pan and Triskeles TypeDescription
Bronze Coin of Perikles, Dynast of Lycia
Lycia, southwestern Anatolia
ca. 380–360 BCE
Bronze AE14
14 mm; 2.09 g
Obverse: Horned head of Pan facing left.
Reverse: Triskeles; inscription naming Perikles in Lycian letters.
References: Müseler VIII, 52–5; Falghera 219–23; SNG von Aulock 4257–8.
This small bronze coin was issued under Perikles/Parikla, a Lycian dynast active in the early fourth century BCE. Older numismatic scholarship describes Perikles as probably first a dynast of Limyra and later ruler over much of Lycia; he issued both silver and bronze coinage.
The obverse depicts Pan, recognizable by his horned head. The reverse carries the triskeles, a three-legged or three-armed rotating emblem strongly associated with Lycian coinage. In Lycian coinage more broadly, the triskeles appears frequently and has often been interpreted as a solar or rotational symbol, though its exact meaning varied across issues and remains partly interpretive.
The coin’s value as a display object comes from the convergence of three elements: a named Lycian ruler, a regional script, and a distinctive local symbol. Although the coin is small and worn, it is historically useful because Perikles is known substantially through coins and inscriptions rather than through an extensive literary record.Create Date
May 20, 2026Update Date
June 4, 2026
