page_title: Hecatomnus
section_title: Coinage
hierarchical_section_title: Hecatomnus / Coinage
caption_attribution_description: English: SATRAPS of CARIA. Hekatomnos. Circa 392-1-377-6 BC
context_page_description: Hecatomnus of Mylasa or Hekatomnos was an early 4th-century BC ruler of Caria. He was the satrap of Caria for the Persian Achaemenid king Artaxerxes II. However, the basis for Hecatomnus' 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. The Hecatomnids followed the earlier autochthonous dynasty of the Lygdamids in Caria.
context_section_description: Hecatomnus was a native of Mylasa, and made that city his capital and the seat of his government. Hence the figure of Zeus Labrandenos appears on his coins walking and carrying a labrys over his shoulder, from the celebrated temple of that name near Mylasa.
caption: Coinage of Hekatomnos, with effigy of the Satrap. Circa 392/1-377/6 BC.
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