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Drachm
| Issuer | Mylasa |
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| Year | 180 BC - 140 BC |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | Facing head of Helios, rendered in high relief, with radiate hair swept to either side and framed by flowing locks. A small eagle is depicted at the left cheek of the deity, a characteristic emblematic attribute associated with the solar cult at Mylasa. The facial features are rendered in the Hellenistic style, with wide-set eyes, a broad nose, and slightly parted lips. The flan is irregular, with the design well-centred. |
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| Reverse description | A rose in full bloom, shown from above with outspread petals and a prominent central calyx, flanked on both sides by lateral buds on short stems. The rose, the civic badge of Mylasa reflecting its close cultural ties with Rhodian coinage traditions, is depicted with naturalistic detail. Flanking the stem of the rose, the ethnic inscription ΔY / MA appears in two lines, one letter to each side, referencing the city of Mylasa in Caria. The legend is rendered in Greek characters across the lower field. |
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Mylasa, the principal city of Caria in southwestern Asia Minor, issued coinage with considerable autonomy throughout the Hellenistic period despite operating within the shifting gravitational pull of Seleucid, then Ptolemaic, then Rhodian influence. This drachm falls within the period when Rhodes had effectively become the dominant commercial power in the Aegean, and Mylasan silver of this weight standard closely tracks the Rhodian reduced drachm — a deliberate alignment with regional trade networks rather than any imperial mandate.
The SNG Tübingen corpus remains the essential reference for this series; the relatively low catalog numbers assigned to Mylasan material reflect how thinly documented this civic coinage remains compared to major Hellenistic mints.