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1⁄48 Stater
| Issuer | Mylasa |
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| Year | 575 BC - 525 BC |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Reverse description | A scorpion depicted in incuse, shown from above with its body, claws, and segmented tail rendered in schematic linear style within a shallow incuse square or punch. The scorpion motif is the civic emblem associated with Mylasa in Caria and serves as the principal reverse type for this series. The incuse technique is typical of archaic Greek fractional coinage, where the reverse punch imparted the design into the flan during striking. No legend accompanies the design. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Mylasa was among the earliest minting authorities in Caria, a region where Greek and Anatolian monetary traditions overlapped in ways that produced some of the smallest fractional denominations in the ancient world. At 1/48 of a stater, this piece served real transactional purposes in a local economy where electrum fractions functioned alongside — and often in competition with — Lydian royal issues from nearby Sardis.
The Weidauer typology for early Anatolian electrum remains the foundational reference for attributing these fractions, though the natural variation in electrum alloy composition across Mylasan issues complicates die-linkage studies even now.