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Stater
| Issuer | Miletos |
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| Year | 130 BC - 120 BC |
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| Currency | Drachm |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Reverse description | A lion stands right in the field, its head turned back to the left in the characteristic Milesian device, evoking the city's ancient numismatic tradition. A star appears above the animal in the upper field. To the right, a monogram of MI is positioned above a monogram of ΙΣ, serving as magistrate or civic identifying marks. The magistrate's name EYMHXAN[OΣ] is inscribed in the field, identifying the issuing authority. The composition is well-centered within the irregular flan typical of hammered Hellenistic coinage. |
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Miletos had long lost its classical prominence by the second century BC, operating under the administrative reach of the Pergamene kingdom and, after 133 BC, folding into the new Roman province of Asia following Attalos III's bequest of his kingdom to Rome. Gold issues from this transitional period are rare; most civic coinage from Miletos ran in silver, and the decision to strike in gold at this moment likely reflects specific financial pressures — possibly municipal obligations tied to the Roman reorganization of the province under the lex Sempronia of 123 BC.