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Obol
| Issuer | Gargara |
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| Year | 475 BC - 450 BC |
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| Weight | 0.65 g |
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| Obverse description | Archaic female head facing left, rendered in the early Classical style characteristic of Troas coinage. The hair is bound in a sakkos, with individual strands delineated in relief above the forehead. A beaded necklace is visible at the neck. The eye is depicted in the archaic convention with a pronounced almond shape. The legend ΓΑΡ, abbreviated ethnic of Gargara, appears in the right field. |
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| Obverse lettering | ΓΑΡ |
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Gargara was a minor Aeolian city on the southern slope of Mount Ida in the Troad, historically overshadowed by its more prominent neighbors and reportedly refounded with settlers from Milesians at some point in its early history. Its autonomous coinage is exceptionally rare — the city's output was limited, and few issuing authorities of this size in the Troad produced silver at this fractional weight with any consistency. Most surviving examples end up misattributed to larger regional mints before closer die study corrects the record.