Description: Caria, Mylasa, Eupolemos - Strategos of Kassander (295 - 280 BC). Three overlapping Macedonian shields, the outer two with spearheads in the bosses / EΥΠO-ΛEMOΥ; sword in sheath, with strap, monogram left.

Diameter: AE17 mm

Weight: 3,84 g

Grade: aVF/VF

Attribution: BMC Caria p. 128, 4

Commentary: olive patina with some light deposits, well centered

History: A theory exists that Eupolemos, some time after his defeat during short Carian expedition, became a dynast in Caria and the coins were minted during this period (cf. Kings, R. "Kings and Colonists. Aspects of Macedonian Imperialism").

Article Number: 011-07-03-41652