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Hemiobol
| Issuer | Uncertain Carian city |
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| Year | 470 BC - 430 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Facing head of a bull rendered in three-quarter view turned to the left, with prominent horns, deeply set eyes, and a broad muzzle, occupying the central field of this small irregular flan. The modelling is bold and archaic in character, consistent with Carian mint production of the early Classical period. The field is plain and unlettered. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Caria in the fifth century BC was a patchwork of semi-autonomous cities and dynasts operating under loose Achaemenid suzerainty, which makes firm attribution of small fractional silver nearly impossible without a secure hoard provenance. Several of these hemiobols circulate through the trade under competing attributions — Mylasa, Keramos, and a handful of unnamed mints have all been proposed at various points, none conclusively.