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Tetradrachm
| Issuer | Mylasa |
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| Year | 250 BC - 200 BC |
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| Value | Tetradrachm (4) |
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| Obverse description | Draped figure of Zeus Osogoa striding right, clad in chiton and himation, brandishing a trident in the raised right hand and cradling an eagle in the extended left; a crab appears in the lower field beneath the trident shaft. The composition is enclosed by a beaded (dotted) border, characteristic of Hellenistic civic coinage of Caria. |
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| Mint | Mylasa |
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Mylasa, a Carian city with strong ties to the Hecatomnid dynasty, issued this tetradrachm during a period when the region was passing between Ptolemaic and Seleucid spheres of influence. The precise political authority behind the issue is debated — Mylasa exercised intermittent autonomy during this period, and attribution of civic versus dynastic control over its silver coinage remains unresolved in the literature.
HN Online 1721 places it within a loose mid-Hellenistic horizon. Carian silver of this weight standard reflects the persistence of Rhodian commercial influence along the Aegean coast.