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Tetradrachm - Aristolaus
| Issuer | Alabanda |
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| Year | 197 BC - 188 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Mint | Alabanda |
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Alabanda, a city in inland Caria, punched well above its weight in the early second century BC — it had recently renamed itself "Antiochia of the Chrysaorians" in a bid for Seleucid favor, a political maneuver that evaporated the moment Rome began dismantling Seleucid power in the region after Apamea in 188 BC. This tetradrachm falls squarely within that window of geopolitical repositioning. The magistrate name Aristolaus appears on a handful of dies, placing this issue within a compact civic series produced while Alabanda was still navigating which empire it needed to impress.