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Obol
| Issuer | Uncertain Cilician city |
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| Year | 400 BC - 301 BC |
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| Composition | Silver |
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| Reverse description | A sphinx depicted in profile seated to the left, rendered in the classical Cilician style. The creature displays a human head with finely striated hair swept back, a lion's muscular body with haunches tucked beneath, and an elaborately feathered wing curving upward and arching over the back in a graceful volute. The tail curves upward at the rear. The design is well-modeled with good detail in the plumage and anatomy, set within an incuse or plain field on the irregularly shaped flan. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Cilicia in the fourth century BC was a patchwork of semi-autonomous cities, dynasts, and Persian satraps, each with varying rights to strike coin. Many smaller silver fractions from this region remain unattributed despite a century of scholarly effort — the references here narrow the field without closing it. SNG Levante 250 places this type within a grouping that some specialists associate with Tarsos or its immediate hinterland, though the attribution remains contested.