Obol

Cilicia in this period was a patchwork of semi-autonomous cities and dynasts operating under loose Achaemenid suzerainty, which is precisely why attribution remains contested — local mint authority was real but poorly documented, and the surviving epigraphic record is thin. The SNG references place this piece within a recognized typological group without committing to a specific issuer, a common and honest position for this region's fractional silver.