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Obol
| Issuer | Idyma |
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| Year | 450 BC - 400 BC |
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| Value | Obol (⅙) |
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| Reverse description | A fig leaf depicted in fine detail, with a prominent central midrib and clearly articulated lateral veins, occupying the center of a shallow incuse square. To the lower right of the leaf stem, the ethnic inscription ΙΔΥ (abbreviation for Idyma) appears in archaic Greek letters. The incuse square serves as the principal border element, characteristic of early Carian civic coinage of the fifth century BC. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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| Additional information |
Idyma was a minor Carian settlement whose independent coinage output was small and short-lived, likely suppressed as Persian satrapal authority tightened over the region during the late fifth century. The site itself was eventually abandoned, leaving almost no archaeological continuity — which is part of why attributing these fractional silvers took decades of comparative die work against the SNG corpora.