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Hemiobol
| Issuer | Uncertain Cilician city |
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| Year | 400 BC - 301 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Bare head of Hermes in right profile, distinguished by the characteristic winged petasos rendered in low relief atop his youthful, beardless head. The facial features are rendered with fine archaic-style detail typical of fourth-century Cilician silver coinage, with curling locks of hair visible beneath the brim of the hat. The flan is irregular, consistent with hand-struck provincial issues of the period. No legend or inscription appears in the field. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Cilicia in the fourth century BC was a patchwork of semi-autonomous cities operating under loose Achaemenid suzerainty, each with enough local authority to strike small silver but rarely enough administrative continuity to leave records identifying the issuing authority. The hemiobol denomination served fractional exchange at the market level — grain, oil, ferry crossings — and changed hands thousands of times before anyone thought to record where it came from.
Attribution to a specific city remains unresolved across Göktürk, Klein, and Kagan, who each handle the grouping differently without reaching consensus.