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Hemidrachm
| Issuer | Bargylia (Caria) |
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| Year | 180 BC - 140 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse lettering | ΒΑΡΓΥ ΛΙΗΤΩΝ |
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| Mint | Bargylia |
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Bargylia was a coastal Carian city whose monetary output remains poorly documented compared to its neighbors at Mylasa or Stratonikeia. The hemidrachm series attributed to this period coincides roughly with the region's absorption into the Roman provincial orbit following the Peace of Apamea in 188 BC, which stripped the Seleucids of Asia Minor and left smaller poleis negotiating their autonomy under Rhodian oversight — and then increasingly under Rome's.
HN Online 1568 represents a localized civic issue in a denomination suited to small-scale commerce, not interstate trade.