Another head "en face," certainly influenced by Kimon; take a look at the detailed curls. Perikles was a minor dynast of Lycia around 370-365 BC. In the Persian Empire local authorities were entitled to mint coins provided they had the necessary supply of metal. The more valuable coins of precious metal were in circulation, without debasement or inflation, the better it was for the trade and economy of the empire. As you can see, the dynast even had a Greek name, yet, the inscription is in Lycian and rends Perikle. Perhaps the coin shows in fact the very first coin portrait as I ventured to point out at a congress in Rome back in 1961.