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Tetradrachm In the name of Alexander III
| Issuer | Mylasa (Caria) |
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| Year | 210 BC - 190 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse lettering | ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ |
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| Mint | Mylasa / Milas, Caria, Turkey |
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Mylasa's autonomous tetradrachms struck in Alexander's name belong to a wave of posthumous issues produced across Asia Minor as cities leveraged the prestige of the Macedonian king's identity decades after his death. By the early second century BC, Mylasa was navigating the turbulent aftermath of Seleucid and later Pergamene pressure in Caria, and these coins functioned partly as a civic assertion of Hellenistic legitimacy during that scramble for regional influence. Akarca's classification distinguishes the Mylasan output from neighboring Carian mints primarily through magistrate monograms and subtle die characteristics.