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Tetradrachm
| Issuer | Caria, Achaemenid Satrapy of |
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| Year | 350 BC - 340 BC |
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| Composition | Silver |
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| Edge | Plain |
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| Mintage | ND (350 BC - 340 BC) |
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Caria occupied an awkward political position in the mid-fourth century: nominally an Achaemenid satrapy, yet governed by the Hecatomnid dynasty with a degree of autonomy that made its coinage policy effectively independent. The satrap Mausolus — whose tomb gave us the word "mausoleum" — aggressively expanded Carian influence across the Aegean during the 360s and 350s, and the tetradrachm series from this period reflects a local mint operating with Persian tolerance rather than Persian direction.
The weight standard here follows Rhodian or "light Chian" conventions rather than Attic, a deliberate choice that facilitated trade with Aegean island networks under Hecatomnid influence.