Hemiobol

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.