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Hemiobol Uncertain Mint 'Gorgoneion'
| Issuer | Uncertain Carian city |
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| Year | 500 BC - 400 BC |
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| Value | Hemiobol (1⁄12) |
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| Reverse description | Forepart of a boar advancing to right, the animal's head lowered with one foreleg extended forward in a striding pose; the design is contained entirely within a square incuse punch, typical of early Greek hammered coinage. The incuse square is well-defined, and the boar's bristled neck and snout are rendered with summary but recognizable detail. |
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| Mintage | ND (500 BC - 400 BC) |
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Small fractional silver of this type circulated widely across Caria during the fifth century, when the region operated under a patchwork of semi-autonomous dynasts and cities striking their own issues before Hecatomnid consolidation tightened monetary control in the fourth century. The specific mint remains unattributed despite the reference, and attribution attempts have been complicated by the near-identical iconographic vocabulary shared across dozens of western Anatolian minting authorities of the period.