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Obol
| Issuer | Halikarnassos |
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| Year | 450 BC - 400 BC |
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| Value | Obol (⅙) |
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| Obverse description | Forepart of the winged horse Pegasus advancing to left, rendered in archaic style with characteristic feathered wings folded along the body. The musculature of the chest and neck is summarily indicated, with the head turned slightly downward. The type is struck on a small, irregularly shaped flan typical of fractional silver coinage of Karia in the fifth century BC. No legend or inscription appears in the field. |
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| Reverse description | Forepart of a goat advancing to left, its bearded head lowered and horns curving backward, rendered in the compact archaic style characteristic of Karian fractional coinage. The letter alpha (Α) appears to the left of the figure, serving as an ethnic abbreviation for the issuing city. The entire design is set within a circular incuse depression, a hallmark of early hammered coinage technique from this region. |
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| Mintage | ND (450 BC - 400 BC) |
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