Erbbina (um 400)
Arbinas, also Erbinas, Erbbina, was a Lycian Dynast who ruled circa 430/20-400 BCE. He is most famous for his tomb, the Nereid Monument, now on display in the British Museum. Coinage seems to indicate that he ruled in the western part of Lycia, around Telmessos, while his tomb was established in Xanthos. He was a subject of the Achaemenid Empire.
He was the son of the previous Lycian king Kheriga. On his inscriptions, Erbinas is described as a tyrannos, and „the man who rules over the Lycians“. It seems the Lycia kingdom started to disintegrate during the rule of Arbinas, as numerous smaller rulers started to mint coinage throughout Lycia during his reign and after 16.
Die griechischen Münzen von lykien…
