Satraps of Caria. Halikarnassos. Pixodaros 341-336 BC.
Didrachm AR

20 mm, 6,84 g

Laureate head of Apollo facing, head turned slightly to the right, with top of his cloak visible at his neckline / ΠIΞΩΔAΡOΥ, Zeus Labraundos standing right, holding long scepter in his left hand and double-ax over hisshoulder in his right.

Very Fine, darkly toned

BMC 5-7. SNG Copenhagen 596-7. SNG von Aulock 2375-6.

Pixodaros, a Satrap of Caria in ancient Turkey, was the youngest son of Hecatomnus and brother to Maussolos, Idrieus, Artemisia, and Ada. He seized power from his sister Ada around 340 BC. In 336 BC, he proposed a marriage alliance between Macedonian King Philip II's son and his daughter Ada. This proposal was countered by Alexander the Great, causing diplomatic tensions and leading to Alexander's brief exile from the Macedonian court. Pixodaros later married his daughter to Persian noble Orontopates. He died shortly before Alexander's conquest of Asia Minor in 334 BC, after which Caria fell under Alexander's rule, despite initial resistance led by Ada.