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Hemiobol
| Issuer | Idyma |
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| Year | 430 BC - 420 BC |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | Dolphin depicted in left profile, rendered in low relief against a plain field. The creature is naturalistically portrayed with its characteristic arched body and distinctive beak-like snout, executed in the archaic Greek style typical of Carian civic coinage of the late fifth century BC. |
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| Mint | Idyma, Caria |
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Idyma was a small Carian settlement near the Rhodian Peraea whose civic coinage is documented so sparsely that even major reference works struggle to assign definitive attributions. The SNG Kayhan specimen catalogued at 1630 remains one of the primary anchors for the type. At 0.35g, this hemiobol circulated in a region where fractional silver served genuine daily commercial needs — Caria's proximity to major Aegean trade routes made even the smallest denomination economically functional rather than ceremonial.