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Obol
| Issuer | Uncertain Cilician city |
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| Year | 400 BC - 301 BC |
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| Currency | Drachm |
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| Reverse description | Athena seated in three-quarter pose to right upon a rocky outcrop, holding an upright spear in her extended right hand; her left hand rests upon a large round shield set on the ground beside her. The goddess is depicted helmeted and draped, rendered in the compact style typical of late Classical Cilician silver coinage. The field is plain with no visible inscription. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Cilicia in the fourth century produced an extraordinary proliferation of small silver fractions from cities, satraps, and dynasts often impossible to distinguish with certainty — a direct consequence of the region's position as a nexus between Persian administrative coinage and Greek mercantile practice. Many of these issues served to pay mercenary troops, whose employers changed frequently enough that local mint identities became almost incidental.
The Brindley references place this piece within a recognized grouping, but attribution to a specific city remains contested in the literature.