Hemiobol Uncertain Mint 'Gorgoneion'

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.