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Tetradrachm In the name of Alexander III
| Issuer | Mylasa (Caria) |
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| Year | 188 BC - 170 BC |
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| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
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| Obverse description | Youthful head of Heracles facing right, wearing the Nemean lion skin headdress with the scalp knotted beneath the chin, rendered in fine Hellenistic style with curling locks of hair visible at the nape; the musculature of the lion skin is rendered in careful relief. The portrait follows the canonical Lysippan type associated with Alexander III posthumous coinage. The field is plain, set within a beaded border. |
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| Reverse description | Zeus Aëtophoros enthroned left on a low backless throne, his feet resting on a low footstool; he holds an eagle on his outstretched right hand and a long sceptre in his left. In the left field, a trident head pointing left appears above a monogram. The ethnic ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ runs along the right field, and the magistrate's name ΙΑΣΩΝ appears in the exergue, identifying this issue to the mint of Mylasa under a named local official. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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