Greek coins - Drachme Olympos (JUL2376)

Lycia, Olympos as member of the Lycian League AR Drachm. Circa 167-81 BC. Laureate head of Apollo right / Kithara, OΛVΜΠΗ above, palm branch to left, trophy to right, all within shallow incuse square. Troxell, 64, no. 45. 2.46 g, 18 mm, very Fine.

Olympos (as well as its neighbour Phaselis) in Eastern Lycia minted coins similar to the League coinage, though not on behalf of the League: on the reverse we read the abbreviated name of the Olympe(noi) in place of that of the Lycians, suggesting that at this time Olympos was economically well connected to the League but not a member of it.