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Hemiobol
| Issuer | Holmoi |
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| Year | 380 BC - 375 BC |
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| Reference(s) | SNG France#122 |
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| Reverse description | Laureate head of Apollo Sarpedonios facing right, with a wreath of laurel encircling the hair and delicate facial features rendered in the local Cilician style. The bust is bare, with softly modeled contours and a calm, idealized expression. The field is plain and the flan edges are irregular, consistent with the hammered technique and small module of this fractional issue. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Holmoi was a minor settlement on the Black Sea coast of Paphlagonia, and its coinage output was extraordinarily limited — the city appears in almost no ancient literary sources, and what little is known of its civic identity comes largely from these tiny fractional issues themselves. The hemiobol denomination served local small-change needs in a region where Greek colonial commerce was active but municipal resources were thin.
SNG France 122 is the standard reference anchor for this type, with the Paris cabinet holding one of the few documented examples.