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Hemiobol
| Issuer | Uncertain Cilician city |
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| Year | 400 BC - 350 BC |
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| Value | Hemiobol (1⁄12) |
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| Reverse description | A griffin seated to left with arched, curved wings raised prominently above its body, depicted in the incuse-influenced style characteristic of Cilician silver fractions of the period. The beast's leonine hindquarters and avian head with open beak are rendered with careful detail despite the small module. The field is plain and the type is set within a slightly concave die area. No legend is present. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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| Additional information |
Cilicia in the fourth century BC was a patchwork of semi-autonomous cities and dynasts operating under loose Achaemenid suzerainty, which is precisely why attribution of small silver fractions from the region remains contested. Without a controlling ethnic or magistrate's name, pieces like this circulate through the literature reassigned from one candidate city to another — Soloi, Mallos, and Tarsos have all absorbed attributions that were later revised.
At 0.30g, the margin for die-cutting error relative to total coin mass is substantial, making exact weight-based attribution nearly impossible.