[Lindgren A635A]
Mylasa, ancient capital of Caria; modern Milas in Turkey, half way between Bargyla and Stratonikeia, had a universal reputation for its rich deposits of marble. It struck civic, semi-autonomous and provincial coins from Augustus to Valerian.
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| Mionnet Supp II, 6 | Mylasa, Caria. AE20, 314 BC. Struck in the name of Eupolemus, a general of Kassander. Three shields each decorated with double crescents / EYΠO-ΛEMOY above and beneath sword in sheath with strap. AMTΡ monogram below. Mionnet Supp II, 6; Mionnet VI, 311 ("incertains"); BMC 4-6; SNG von Aulock 2378; SNG Keckman 221-224; SNG Tuebingen 3333; SNG Cop 1168-1169; Lindgren III A435A. | Text | Image |
| SNG vA 8049 | Mylasa, Caria. Strategos Eupolemos, General under Kassander, 310 BC. AE 17mm, 4,76 g. Three overlapping Macedonian shields, the outer two with spearheads in the centre / EYΠO-ΛEMOY above and beneath sword in sheath; bipennis (double axe) below. SNG Keckmann 221-224; BMC 1-3; SNG von Aulock 8049; Lindgren III A435A; SNG Munich 21. | Text | Image |
| Sear 4909 | Mylasa, Caria. Eupolemos, general of Kassander. 295-280 BC. AE19. Three overlapping Macedonian shields, the outer two with spearheads in the center / EYΠO-ΛEMOY, sword in a sheath; bipennis below. SNG Keckmann 221-224; BMC 1-3; SNG von Aulock 8049; Lindgren III A435A; SNG Munich 21; Sear Greece 4909. | Text | Image |
| Akarca 1 | Mylasa, Caria. Circa 2nd Century BC. AR Rhodian Drachm (2.51 gm). Radiate head of Helios; eagle on cheek / Rose with single bud. | Text | Image |
| BMC 9 | Mylasa, Caria. AE15, 3.72 gr. 210-30 BC. Horse standing right, front foreleg raised; round countermark / MYΛAΣEΩN, ornamented trident. McClean 8503; SNG Cop 423; Sear 4912; BMC 9-10; Weber 6529; Waddington 2450. | Text | Image |
| BMC 11 | Mylasa, Caria. 210-30 BC, AE13 mm, 1.21 gr. Horse standing right, foreleg raised / M-Y, Ornamented trident. Akarca 34; Mionnet VI, 352; Weber 6528; SNG von Aulock 2619; SNG Cop 422; BMC 11; Waddington 2452; Sear 4911. | Text | Image |
| BMC 14 | Mylasa, Caria. AE11, civic issue, 210-30 BC. Bipennis / MYΛAΣEΩN, ornate trident head. BMC 14; Akarca Mylasa 23-26; SNG Tuebingen 3437; Imhoof MG 70A; SNG Cop 424; Mionnet III, 298. | Text | Image |
| Imhoof MG 67 | Mylasa, Caria, AE10. 210-30 BC. 0.39 g. Eagle standing right in the centre of a shield / MYΛA-ΣEΩN, crest of a helmet right. Imhoof MG 67-68; Akarca Mylasa 21; Philipsen 2363. | Text | Image |
| Lindgren A653A | Mylasa, Caria AE15. ca 314 BC. Horse trotting right / MYΛAΣEΩN, ornamented trident. | Text | Image |
| SNG Keckman 234 | Mylasa or Myndus, Caria. AE, 400-200 BC. Laureate head of Zeus or Poseidon right / MY, dolphin swimming right over trident head. Keckman 234-235; SNG v. Aul. 2114 (as Myos, Ionia). | Text | Image |
| SNG Keckman 925 | Mylasa, Caria, 525-494 BC. AR Tetartemorion 6 mm, 0.29 g. Forepart of lion right, head left / Bird standing left, three dots to left and right (six dots in all), all within incuse square. SNG Keckman 925. | Text | Image |
| SNG Turkey 940cf | Mylasa, Caria AR 1/48 Stater of Milesian Standard (0.26g). 5th Century BC. Lion head left / bird standing left between two dots, all within incuse square. | Text | Image |
| SNG vA 1820 | Mylasa, Caria. 420-390 BC. AR Tetartemorion 6 mm, 0.23 gr. Head of roaring lion lion / Head of Apollo facing slightly left. SNG von Aulock 1820; SNG Keckman 847; Troxell Mildenberg 2A. | Text | Image |
| SNG vA 7803 | Mylasa, Caria, AR Hemiobol; ca 450-400 BC. 0.58gr. Facing forepart of lion with legs left and right / Scorpion in incuse square. SNG Kayhan 934; SNG Keckman 917; SNG Cop 379 (Uncertain of Asia Minor); SNG von Aulock 7803. | Text | Image |
| Traite 750cf | Mylasa?, Caria ca 530 BC. AR Sixth Stater. Lion forepart right / Incuse punch. | Text | Image | Text | Image |
| Weidauer 166 | Uncertain (Mylasa?), Caria. Mid 6th century BC. EL 1/48 Stater. Lydo-Milesian standard. Facing head of lion / Scorpion within incuse square. Weidauer 166-167; SNG Kayhan 925-927. | Text | Image |
| Sear 3575 | Mylasa, Caria AR Stater. ca 500 BC. Forepart of bounding lion left, Carian monogram on neck / Incuse square divided by broad band. Kraay, ACGC 100; SNG v.A. 2336; SNG Lockett 2916. | Text | Image |
| Sear 4911 | Mylasa, Caria. ca 210-30 BC. AE12, 1.83 gr. Horse trotting right, front left foreleg raised / M-Y, ornamented trident with head downwards. Akarca Mylasa 34-35; Mionnet VI 352; Weber 6528; SNG von Aulock 2619; SNG Cop 422; BMC 11; Waddington 2452; Sear 4911. | Text | Image |
| RPC 2790 | Augustus, AE22 of Mylasa, Caria. 27 BC-AD 14. 5.14 g. No legend, bare head right / MYΛACEΩN, head of Zeus right, wearing laureate polos. RPC I 2790; Akarca Mylasa 43; BMC 20. | Text | Image |
| RPC 2792 | Augustus, AE26 of Mylasa, Caria. 27 BC-AD 14. 7.81 g. ΣEBAΣTOΣ MYΛAΣEΩN, Augustus in quadriga galloping right / ΘΛAΣ-TOΣ A-NEΘH-KEN legend in four lines within wreath. RPC I 2792; Akarca Mylasa 49-50; SNG Cop 426; SNG von Aulock 2624; Franke KZR 194; Mionnet Supp VI, 364. | Text | Image |
| RPC 2794 | Augustus, AE21 of Mylasa, Caria. 27 BC-AD 14. 7.81 g. ΣEBAΣTOΣ MYΛAΣEΩN, laureate head right / ΘΛAΣ-TOΣ A-NEΘH-KEN legend in four lines. RPC I 2794; BMC 21; Akarca Mylasa 47; Waddington 2456; SNG von Aulock 2623. | Text | Image |
| RPC 2201 | Hadrian, AE20 of Mylasa, Caria. AD 117-138. 6.68 g. AYTOKΡATOΡA AΔΡIANON CEBACTON, laureate head right, slight drapery on left shoulder / MYΛACEΩN, laureate head of Zeus Osogoa right, crab beneath head. RPC III, 2201; Righetti Coll. III, 442; Akarca 57; SNG von Aulock 8114; Leake 4726; Paris 799; Waddington 2461. | Text | Image |
| RPC 2202 | Hadrian, AE17 of Mylasa, Caria. AD 117-138. 4.34 g. AYTOKΡATOΡA AΔΡIANON CEBACTON, laureate, cuirassed bust right / MYΛACEΩN, ornamented trident. BMC 26; RPC III 2202; Akarca Mylasa 58. | Text | Image |
| RPC 2206 | Hadrian and Aelius, AE36 of Mylasa, Caria. AD 117-138. 27.24 g. Struck AD 136-138. Magistrate M. Julius Damianus. AYTO AΔΡIANOC OΛYMΠIOC ΛOYKIOC AIΛIOC KAICAΡ, Bare-headed, draped bust of Hadrian right, facing bare-headed, draped bust of Aelius left / M IOYΛIOC ΔAMIANOC MYΛACCEYCIN, Zeus Osogoas holding trident, on the left, beside Zeus Labraundos, holding bipennis and spear on the right, both standing facing. RPC III, 2206 (this coin); Burstein Coll. 6798. | Text | Image |
| BMC 28 | Antoninus Pius, AE20 of Mylasa, Caria. 138-161 AD. KAICAΡ ANTΩNINOC, laureate head right / MYΛA-CEΩN, draped bust of Faustina right, hair coiled on top of head. BMC 28; Mionnet III, 310; SNG Tuebingen 3454. | Text | Image |
| BMC 28 (2) | Antoninus Pius and Faustina I, AE21 of Mylasa, Caria. AD 138-161. 7.83 g. KAICAΡ ANTΩNINOC, laureate head right/ MYΛACEΩN, draped bust of Faustina I right, wearing stephane. BMC 28; Akarca Mylasa 63; Weber 3157; Mionnet III, 310; SNG Tuebingen 3454. | Text | Image |
| SNG vA 8115 | Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus, AE35 of Mylasa, Caria. AD 161-169. 28.67 g. A K M A ANTΩNEINOC C A K Λ AI BHΡOC CE, laureate and draped bust of Marcus Aurelius right facing laureate and draped bust of Lucius Verus left / MYΛACEΩN, Zeus Osogoas holding trident, on the left, beside Zeus Labraundos, holding bipennis and spear on the right, both standing facing. Akarca 68; Mionnet III, 311; SNG von Aulock 8115. | Text | Image |
| SNG Leypold 835 | Faustina II, AE33 of Mylasa, Caria. ΦAYCTEINA CEBACTH, draped bust right / MYΛACEΩN, tetrastyle temple with one figure standing right, holding sceptre and bipennis, facing a second person or a large cult image (a xoanon), altar between them. SNG Leypold, 835. | Text | Image |
| SNG Cop 432 | Septimius Severus AE 25mm of Mylasa, Caria. Laureate, draped & cuirassed bust right / M-Y-ΛA-CE-Ω-N in three lines across fields, combined trident and bipennis, crab below, all within wreath. SNG vA 2627. | Text | Image |
| Akarca 83 | Caracalla AE37 medallion of Mylasa, Caria. AY K M AΡ ANTΩNINOC, laureate, draped, cuirassed bust right / MYΛACEΩN, Tetrastyle temple with cult statue of Zeus Labraundos, wearing polos and holding double-axe and sceptre within; the apex is ornamented with birds to left and right of a central disk. Akarca Mylasa 83; SNG Cop 436; BMC 35 var (obv legend). | Text | Image |
| Akarca 88 | Caracalla and Plautilla, AE42 of Mylasa, Caria. AD 197-217. AY K M AYΡ ANTΩNEINOC CEB OYΛBIA ΠΛAYTIΛA, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Caracalla right, facing draped bust of Plautilla left / MYΛACEΩN, Hygieia standing right, feeding serpent in arms, facing Asklepios standing half-left, leaning on serpent-entwined staff. Akarca 88; Mionnet III, 319. | Text | Image |
| BMC 33 | Caracalla, AE28 of Mylasa, Caria. AD 198-217. 11.78 g. AY K MAΡ AY ANTΩNINOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / MYΛACEΩN, Zeus standing left, holding patera and sceptre, stag at foot left, its head turned back. BMC 33; Akarca Mylasa 81; Dieudonné 68 in RN 1902; Welzl 5983. | Text | Image |
| BMC 34 | Caracalla, AE30 of Mylasa, Caria. 20.99 g. AD 198-217. AY K M AΡ AY ANTΩNINOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / MYΛACEΩN, river-god Kybersos reclining left, holding corn-ears and poppy, cornucopiae behind him. BMC 34; Akarca Mylasa 82; Imhoof FG 296; SNG von Aulock 2628. | Text | Image |
| BMC 37 | Caracalla and Geta, AE40 of Mylasa, Caria. ..ANTΩNINOC..ΓETAC KAICAΡ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Caracalla right, facing bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust of Geta left / MYΛACEΩN, statue of Zeus Osogoa standing right, holding trident and eagle, facing statue of Zeus Labraundos, standing left, holding double-axe and spear. Akarca Mylasa 87; BMC 37. | Text | Image |
| Akarca 92 | Geta AE34 of Mylasa, Caria. AD 198-209. ΠO CEΠTIMIOC ΓETAC KAIC, bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust right / MYΛACEΩN, tetrastyle temple with statue of Zeus Labraundos standing facing within, polos on head, holding labrys (double axe) and staff. Akarca Mylasa 92; Hirsch Coll. 1538 (with KAIC). | Text | Image |
| Hirsch 1538 | Geta, AE40 of Mylasa, Caria. AD 198-209. 30.91 g. ΠO CEΠTIMIOC ΓETAC KAIC, bare-headed, draped, cuirassed bust right. / MY-ΛA, CEΩN, upwards and downwards and beneath distyle temple with cult statue of Zeus Labraundos, standing facing within, wearing polos, holding labrys and spear. Lucien de Hirsch coll. 1538 (this coin). | Text | Image |
| Hirsch 1538 var | Geta, AE38 of Mylasa, Caria. AD 198-209. ΠO CEΠTIMIOC ΓETAC KAIC, bare-headed, draped, cuirassed bust right. / M-Y Λ-A, CEΩN across fields and beneath distyle temple with Zeus Labrandeus standing front, polos on head, holding bipennis and spear. Legend config. var of Hirsch 1538; Baillion p. 9 in RBN 1929. | Text | Image |
| SGI 2841 | Geta AE37 of Mylasa, Caria. ΠO CEΠTIMIOC ΓETAC, draped & cuirassed bust right / MYΛACEΩN, tetrastyle temple with cult statue of Zeus Labraundos standing facing within, wearing polos, holding labrys and spear, BMC 38, SNG vA 2630. | Text | Image |
| SNG Cop 437 | Geta, AE35 of Mylasa, Caria. 198-209 AD. ΠO CEΠTIMIOC ΓETAC KAI, bare-headed, cuirassed bust right, seen from the back / MYΛACEΩN, tetrastyle temple with cult statue of Zeus Labraundos, standing facing within, wearing polos, holding labrys and spear. Mionnet 3, 322; SNG Cop 437; Hunter Coll. 2-3; BMC 38; SNG Von Aulock 2630. | Text | Image |
| SNG vA 2630 | Geta, AE36 of Mylasa, Caria. ΠO CEΠTIMIOC ΓETA, bare-headed, draped bust right / MYΛACEΩN, tetrastyle temple with cult statue of Zeus Labraundos, standing facing within, wearing polos, holding labrys and spear. Akarka 90; SNG von Aulock 2630; SNG Copenhagen 437. | Text | Image |
| Paris 822 | Elagabalus ? (or Caracalla), AE21 of Mylasa, Caria. 4.41 g. AY K AY ANTΩNINOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right. / MYΛ-ACE-ΩN, tetrastyle temple with cult image of Zeus Labrandeus standing facing within, polos on head, holding bipennis and sceptre. Paris 822-823. | Text | Image |
