Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
Stater
| Issuer | Mylasa |
|---|---|
| Year | 520 BC - 490 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Forepart of a lion facing right, rendered in high relief in the archaic style characteristic of Carian coinage of the late 6th century BC. The mane is depicted with finely incised striations radiating from the neck, and the open jaws reveal prominent teeth with a naturalistically modelled muzzle. The eye is rendered as a bold circular boss, and the ear is clearly delineated above. The design occupies the full field of the irregularly shaped flan, with no inscription or border. |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | Log in to see details |
| Reverse script | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Plain |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Additional information |
Mylasa, an inland Carian city under Persian-era influence, produced coinage during a period when the region's dynasts were navigating complex obligations to Achaemenid overlords while maintaining distinctly local monetary traditions. Carian staters of this type circulated across a network of mercenary payments and regional trade that extended well into the Aegean world — Carian soldiers appear in Egyptian and Persian records alike as paid fighters whose wages required portable, trusted silver.
The fabric of Mylasan issues tends toward an irregular, almost lumpy flan, a characteristic of the workshop rather than a defect.