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Tetrobol
| Issuer | Mylasa |
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| Year | 520 BC - 490 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Forepart of a roaring lion facing left, rendered in archaic style with bold, pronounced musculature and a flowing mane indicated by incised curved lines. The beast's open mouth and curling tongue are clearly articulated, conveying power and ferocity characteristic of early Carian coinage. Several small pellets are visible in the field, a distinctive feature associated with the Mylasa series. The flan is irregular and slightly convex, consistent with hand-struck archaic silver coinage of western Asia Minor. |
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| Mintage | ND (520 BC - 490 BC) |
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Mylasa, an inland Carian city under Persian-period influence, produced coinage in a regional tradition that predates the city's later prominence under the Hekatomnid dynasty. This tetrobol belongs to the archaic phase of Carian civic coinage, a period when many smaller Asia Minor mints were experimenting with weight standards borrowed loosely from both Aeginetan and Persian models without fully committing to either.
SNG Kayhan 933 places this piece within the Mylasa sequence established from the Muharrem Kayhan collection, the primary reference corpus for early Carian issues.