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Obol
| Issuer | Nagidos |
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| Year | 400 BC - 380 BC |
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| Weight | 0.75 g |
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| Obverse description | Baal enthroned to the left, rendered in Greco-Persian style; the deity is depicted draped and seated on a throne with a decorated base, the right hand extended forward and the left hand holding a long lotus-tipped scepter. The figure occupies the full field of the flan, with the design enclosed within a dotted border partially visible at the coin's periphery. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Nagidos was a small Greek settlement on the rocky Cilician coast, modern-day Bozyazı in Turkey, and one of the earliest cities in the region to strike its own silver coinage. It shared the coast — and apparently an uneasy commercial rivalry — with neighboring Arsinoe. The city's issues are rare in any denomination; the obol, being the smallest practical silver unit, circulated hard and was lost often.
Göktürk's study remains the primary reference for Nagidian coinage, reflecting how little institutional attention this mint has received relative to its Cilician neighbors.