The 'Dynastic' Period (ca. 510/500 - 360)
Based on recent scholarship, the coins of the 'Dynastic' Period (ca. 510-360 B.C.) can be subdivided into four groups (J. Zahle,Achaemenid Influences in Lycia: Coinage, Sculpture, Architecture. Evidencefor Political Changes during the 5th Century B.C., in: Achaemenid History VI: Asia Minor and Egypt: Old Cultures in a New Empire, (eds.) H. Sancisi-Weerdenburg/Amélie Kuhrt, Leiden 1991).
Group A (ca. 510/500 - 480/470 B.C.)
Types: Obv.: Boar and Boar protome, Rev.: varying Incusum.
These coins rarely carry a legend, but if a legend exists,it consists of a single solitary letter of the Lycian alphabet. The coinsof this group can most likely be assigned to one area of circulation, namely, the whole of Lycia. The Group A coins also seem to be minted accordingto one standard (Zahle: "middle standard").
Group B (ca. 480/470 - 425/400 B.C.)
Types: a broad selection of obverse and reverse motifsamong which are representations of divinities.
The coins of Group B often carry legends on which theissuer and / or the mint is named. There is as yet no evidence from the Group B coins or those from other categories to suggest the existence of a joint coin issue between either two "Dynasts" or two cities. Shortly after the appearance of the Group B issue, the Lycian coin standard divided into two different regional standards. The heavy standard, to which theGroup A coins share closest affinity, is localized in east and central Lycia. The light standard, which resembles the Attic-Euboean drachma standard as well as the Persian siglos, is concentrated in the Xanthos valley andthe remainder of western Lycia.