Arycanda (Arykanda) in Lycia was built on five large terraces on a mountain slope. It is located near the village of Aykiricay, between Elmali and Finike in Turkey. A great deal of the city can still be seen today, thanks to the admirable sense of heritage of modern-day Lycians.
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| BMC 2 | Arycanda, Lycia, AE13. 200-0 BC. Radiate head of Sozon(?) right / Apollo, naked, standing left, holding bow, resting elbow on column behind him, AR monogram in left field. SNG Copenhagen 47-49; SNG von Aulock 4273-4274; BMC 2. | Text | Image |
| BMC 3 | Arycanda, Lycia, AE19. 200-0 BC. Laureate head of Zeus right / Forepart of horse left, thunderbolt counterstamp below, A-PY to left and right of the thunderbolt. BMC 3. | Text | Image |
| BMC 6 | Gordian III, AE32 of Arycanda, Lycia. AVT KAI M ANT ΓOΡΔIANOC CEB, laureate, draped, cuirassed bust right / AΡYKANΔEΩN, Radiate deity (Sozon?) wearing Phrygian cap riding right, brandishing club. Von Aulock 29-35; BMC Lycia 6; Weber 7253. | Text | Image |
| Mionnet 20 | Gordian III, AE30 of Arycanda, Lycia. AVT K M ANT ΓOΡΔIANOC CE, Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / AΡYKANΔEΩN, Herakles standing left, holding club in right hand, left hand on his hip, lionskin on left arm. Mionnet Supp. VII, 20. | Text | Image |
| Tek 965 | Gordian III, AE29 of Arycanda, Lycia, AD 238-244. 17.48 g. AYT KAI M ANT ΓOΡΔIANOC CEB, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right. / AΡYKANΔEΩN, Kakasbos standing right in militrary dress, wearing phrygian cap, holding club and the reins of a horse at his side which is striking a rock with its hoof. RPC VII 2290; Tek Arykanda 965-967; Bayburtluoglu 25.; Tek 1 in Adalya vol. 23; 2002; Arycanda excavations ARY 1998-42. | Text | Image |
| Mionnet 13 | Tranquillina, AE31 of Arycanda, Lycia. 23.7g. CABEINIA TΡANKYΛEINA CE, diademed, draped bust right on crescent / AΡYKANΔEΩN, Tyche, polos on head, standing left, holding rudder and cornucopiae. Mionnet III, 13 corr. (obverse legend). | Text | Image |
| Tek 6 | Tranquillina AE31 of Arykanda, Lycia. 22.11 g. CABEINIA TΡANKYΛΛEINA CE, draped bust right, wearing stephane, on crescent. / AΡYKANΔEωN, male figure, wearing Thracian helmet, chlamys and cuirass, holding club, standing right and leading a horse. The horse’s right foreleg is raised over a vessel with water flowing from it. Tek 6 in Adalya vol. 23; 2002. _arycanda_Tek_6 | Text | Image |
| See also | Arycanda information on Lycianturkey.com | ||
