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1/10 Stater - Eunostos
| Issuer | Soloi |
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| Year | 310 BC |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Obverse description | Draped bust of Apollo facing left, head laureate with finely rendered hair. Traces of a Cypriot syllabic symbol are visible to the right of the deity, serving as an identifying mark within the field. The portrait is rendered in the archaic-to-classical transitional style characteristic of Cypriote civic coinage of the early third century BC. |
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| Reverse lettering | ba |
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Soloi was a Cilician Greek city whose civic coinage in the early third century BC remained remarkably independent despite the upheaval following Alexander's death and the subsequent carving-up of his empire among the Diadochi. Eunostos appears in ancient sources as a local ruler or dynast of Soloi during this transitional period, one of many regional figures who briefly issued coins in their own name before larger powers consolidated control over Cilicia.
The fractional gold denomination suggests small-scale high-value exchange rather than mass civic circulation — likely tied to mercenary payment or elite commercial transactions.