Caria, Hydisos
Circa 150-50 BCE
Æ 12.5mm, 1.55 g, 12h
Laureate head of Apollo right /
Bird flying right; Y-ΔI/ΣE-Ω[N] above and below, kerykeion below
Cf. HN Online 1932 (for larger denomination likely from same issue); otherwise, unpublished in the standard references
We know very little about Hydisos, save that it was a member of the Delian League. Its site is near Karacahisar, Turkey and the city wasn’t far from Mylasa.
I like this coin for the flying bird on the reverse, which looks a bit like a plane. The city’s ethnic is also visible. This coin may be the only one of its type and denomination. One other of a larger denomination is known. Coins from Hydisos are very rare.