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Drachm In the name of Alexander III
| Issuer | Mylasa (Caria) |
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| Year | 300 BC - 280 BC |
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| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
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| Reverse description | Zeus Aëtophoros seated left on a backless throne, his body nude to the waist, holding a long sceptre in his left hand and an eagle standing right in his outstretched right hand. The throne is rendered with beaded details on the uprights. A monogram appears in the left field below the eagle, and the mint control letter Π is positioned in the exergue. The Greek legend ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ runs downward along the right field. |
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| Mintage | ND (300 BC - 280 BC) |
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Mylasa was one of several Carian cities that continued striking posthumous Alexander-type coinage well into the early third century BC, long after the king's death in 323. The city had been a significant power base under the Hecatomnid dynasty, and its mint operated with considerable autonomy during the Diadochi period — local magistrate symbols on these issues allow attribution, though the city never advertised its origin prominently on the coinage itself.
Price 2480 is a relatively scarce attribution within the posthumous series.