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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bing, post: 8071256, member: 44132&quot;][ATTACH=full]1400155[/ATTACH] </p><p>MYLASA, CARIA</p><p>AR Tetartemorion</p><p>OBVERSE: Lion&#039;s head left with reversed foreleg below</p><p>REVERSE:&nbsp; Lion&#039;s scalp facing, flanked by leg on both sides, in incuse circle</p><p>Struck at Mylasa, 392-376 BC</p><p>.2g, 6mm</p><p>SNG Keckman I 837-846 (lion left)</p><p><br /></p><p>Struck by Hecatomnus of Mylasa or Hekatomnos (Greek: Ἑκατόμνος) was an early 4th-century BC ruler of Caria. He was the satrap (governor) of Caria for the Persian Achaemenid king Artaxerxes II (404–358 BC). However, the basis for Hecatomnus&#039; political power was twofold: he was both a high appointed Persian official and a powerful local dynast, who founded the hereditary dynasty of the Hecatomnids.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Next:&nbsp; Lion&#039;s scalp[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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