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Obol
| Issuer | Soloi (Cilicia) |
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| Year | 425 BC - 400 BC |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Reverse description | A bunch of grapes depicted in high relief at center, with individual berries rendered in a stylized, granular manner, encircled by a tendril or vine motif forming a partial wreath within a shallow incuse square. The composition is characteristic of the agricultural symbolism employed on Soloi civic coinage of this period. |
| Reverse script | Greek |
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Soloi was one of the most prosperous Greek foundations along the Cilician coast, traditionally attributed to settlers from Rhodes and Lindos, though its coinage reflects strong Athenian commercial influence during exactly this period. The city's silver fractions circulated within a regional trading network that connected Cilician timber and linen exports to Aegean markets — small denominations like this obol doing the everyday work that larger silver could not.
The SNG von Aulock specimen provides the primary die reference for this type, drawn from one of the most systematically assembled collections of Asia Minor coinage ever cataloged.