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Hemiobol
| Issuer | Kasolaba |
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| Year | 400 BC - 340 BC |
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| Weight | 0.41 g |
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| Obverse description | The Persian hero-king depicted in the classic running-kneeling pose, facing right, with body in three-quarter view. The figure is shown holding a bow in the extended left hand and a dagger in the right, conveying dynamic martial energy characteristic of Achaemenid-influenced Lycian coinage. A groundline appears beneath the figure, framing the composition within the compact flan. The style reflects the local Lycian adaptation of Persian royal iconography prevalent in fourth-century dynastic issues. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Kasolaba was a dynastic city in Caria, operating under the broader Persian satrapal framework that allowed regional rulers to strike their own silver — a privilege that produced an extraordinary variety of small-denomination coinage across western Anatolia in the fourth century. The hemiobol itself, at roughly half an obol, was the lowest practical unit of silver exchange, used for transactions too small for anything heavier.
Almost nothing is documented about Kasolaba's mint administration specifically, and the city's political history remains poorly reconstructed. The type is known primarily from a handful of specimens.