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Drachm
| Issuer | Mylasa |
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| Year | 180 BC - 140 BC |
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| Value | Drachm (1) |
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| Obverse description | Facing head of the god Apollo rendered in three-quarter view, depicted with flowing hair swept back from the forehead and cascading in loose waves around the face, executed in a bold high-relief Hellenistic style characteristic of Carian civic coinage. The facial features are finely modeled with almond-shaped eyes, a straight nose, and slightly parted lips, conveying a serene divine expression. The hair is adorned with what appears to be a laurel wreath or fillet, and the neck is visible below the chin. No legend is present on the obverse field. The irregular flan edges are typical of hammered silver coinage of the period. |
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| Reverse script | Greek |
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Mylasa was one of the principal cities of Caria, and its silver coinage of this period reflects the city's administrative independence during the gradual consolidation of Roman influence over western Asia Minor following the Peace of Apamea in 188 BC. These small drachms circulated locally rather than regionally — Mylasa never produced the kind of civic tetradrachm that would have served wider trade networks.
The SNG von Aulock reference places this type firmly within a well-documented Carian series, though die studies remain sparse compared to the major Rhodian and Lycian issues of the same period.