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Hemiobol
| Issuer | Uncertain Carian city |
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| Year | 387 BC - 377 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | Forepart of a bull advancing to left, depicted in profile with head turned slightly forward, horns and muzzle clearly rendered. Beneath the neck, a six-rayed star appears in the lower field, serving as a possible mint or magistrate symbol. The design is set on a plain, uninscribed flan characteristic of small-denomination Carian silver coinage of the early fourth century BC. |
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| Mintage | ND (387 BC - 377 BC) |
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Caria in the late fifth and early fourth centuries BC hosted a proliferation of small civic mints, many operating for only a generation or two before being absorbed into the expanding administrative machinery of the Hecatomnid dynasty. Attribution for these tiny fractional pieces remains contested — Klein #501 is one of several hemiobols for which no firm civic assignment has held up under sustained scrutiny.