Description: This listing is for a Ancient Coin from Lycia Obverse..............................Apollo Reverse..............................Cithara Type...................................Silver Hemidrachm Date....................................48-20 BC Mint.....................................Masicytes in Lycia Grade..................................NGC About Uncirculated Note ...................................This coin is a Lycian league issue, 48-20 BC. The Lycian League is first known from two inscriptions of the early 2nd century BC in which it honors two citizens. Bryce hypothesizes that it was formed as an agent to convince Rome to rescind the annexation of Lycia to Rhodes. It is not known for certain whether it was formed before or after Lycia was removed from Rhodian control. According to Livy, the consul Lucius Cornelius Scipio Asiaticus put Lycia had been under Rhodian control in 190 BC. He wrote that a Lycian embassy complained about the cruel tyranny of the Rhodians and that they were under king Antiochus III the Great they had been in liberty in comparison. It was slavery, rather that just political oppression, " they, their wives and children were the victims of violence; their oppressors vented their rage on their persons and their backs, their good name was besmirched and dishonoured, their condition rendered detestable in order that their tyrants might openly assert a legal right over them and reduce them to the status of slaves bought with money.. the senate gave them a letter to and to the Rhodians that ...it was not the pleasure of the senate that either the Lycians or any other men born free should be handed over as slaves to the Rhodians or any one else. The Lycians possessed the same rights under the suzerainty and protection of Rhodes that friendly states possessed under the suzerainty of Rome." Polybius wrote that the Romans sent envoys to Rhodes to say that "the Lycians had not been handed over to Rhodes as a gift, but to be treated like friends and allies." The Rhodians claimed that king Eumenes of Pergamon had stirred up the Lycians against them. In 169 BC, during the Third Macedonian War, the relationship between Rome and Rhodes became strained and the Roman senate issued a decree which gave the Carians and the Lycians their freedom. Polybius recorded a decree “freeing” the Carians and Lycians in 168–7 BC. Scans are of actual coin for sale. All coins guaranteed authentic Shipping can be combined. (A2447766)
Price: 249.99 USD
Location: Mooresville, North Carolina
End Time: 2023-12-04T18:30:24.000Z
Shipping Cost: 4.99 USD
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Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Seller
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Certification: NGC
Composition: Silver
