Idrieus

Idrieus
Coinage of Idrieus. Obv: Head of Apollo wearing laurel wreath, drapery at neck. Rev: legend ΙΔΡΙΕΩΣ ("IDRIEOS"), Zeus Labraundos standing. Circa 351/0 to 344/3 BCE.[1]
Satrap of Caria
Reign351–344 BC,
PredecessorArtemisia II
SuccessorAda
Born4th century BCE.
Died344 BCE.
Halicarnassus, Caria, Persian Empire
(modern-day Bodrum, Muğla, Turkey)
ConsortAda
HouseHecatomnids
FatherHecatomnus
Achaemenid coinage of Caria during the reign of Idrieus. Circa 350-341 BC.[2]
Tomb of Idrieus in Labraunda (present day Turkey)

Idrieus, or Hidrieus (Ancient Greek: Ἱδριεύς, romanizedHidrieús; died 344 BC) was a ruler of Caria as a Satrap under the Achaemenid Empire. Alongside his sister and wife Ada, he enjoyed the status of king or dynast by virtue of the powerful position he inherited from his predecessors of the House of Hecatomnus (the Hecatomnids).

  1. ^ "Ex von Aulock Collection". Classical Numismatic Group (CNG). 2007.
  2. ^ Precise date of 341-334 BC according to Meadows CNG: CARIA, Achaemenid Period. Circa 350-334 BC. AR Tetradrachm (15.07 g, 12h). Struck circa 341-334 BC.