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resemblance to the Griffins, winged Boars, &c, on 

 the Lycian coins, and belong to a similar mytho- 

 logy as the Chimsera, the Harpies, and Pegasus. 



GENERAL REMARKS. 



If we take a review of the coins described 

 here, and in the Appendix to Sir C. Fellows's 

 Lycia, we shall find that we may deduce from 

 them the following historical considerations. 



1st. From a very early period each Lycian 

 town struck its own money ; but they all used 

 one common national emblem, the Triquetra. 

 We have here the indications of a league some- 

 what similar to that which Strabo describes 

 the Romans to have found in Lycia at a much 

 later period. 



2nd. The coin of Artoapara, No. 16, shows 

 us a time when Lycia was governed by a Persian 

 Satrap, and when, in consequence, the Triquetra 

 is no longer used as an emblem. This is con- 

 firmed by the inscription on the obelisk at 

 Xanthus, where the word " Satrap " occurs on 

 the S.E. side, line twenty-six ; and more strongly 

 by the inscription on the tomb of Payafa, now 



