Obol

Cilicia in the fourth century BC was a patchwork of semi-autonomous cities operating under loose Achaemenid suzerainty, each with tacit Persian permission to strike small silver for local exchange. The inability to firmly attribute this obol reflects how poorly documented many of these mints remain — SNG Levante assembled the most systematic attempt at classification, but dozens of issues still resist assignment to a specific city.

At 0.76g, these fractional silvers were the working currency of daily transactions, not tribute or temple dedications.