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Hemiobol
| Issuer | Kasolaba |
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| Year | 410 BC - 390 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | Draped female bust facing right, the hair elaborately arranged in curled locks bound with a diadem or wreath, rendered in a style characteristic of late fifth- to early fourth-century BC Lycian coinage. The portrait displays fine modelling of the facial features and a layered hairstyle with tresses falling to the nape. A partial Greek legend appears in the lower field, likely abbreviating the dynastic or civic name of Kasolaba. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Kasolaba was a minor dynastic center in Caria, operating under the loose suzerainty of the Achaemenid Persian empire during the late fifth and early fourth centuries BC. Coins attributed to this issuer are among the least documented of the Carian dynastic series — Copenhagen records only three specimens across catalogue numbers 39 through 41, and Klein's single reference reflects how rarely these surface in documented collections. The political identity of Kasolaba itself remains debated, with some scholars treating it as a toponym rather than a dynastic name.