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Obol

Issuer Uncertain Cilician city
Year 400 BC - 380 BC
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Shape Round (irregular)
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Edge Plain
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Cilicia in this period was a patchwork of semi-autonomous dynasts and city-states operating under loose Achaemenid suzerainty, many striking their own fractional silver without consistent attribution. The specific issuing authority behind this obol remains unresolved despite appearing in three major reference works — Levante, Jameson, and Göktürk each catalogued it independently, and none achieved a firm civic assignment.

The attribution problem is compounded by the sheer number of small Cilician mints active during the late fifth and early fourth centuries, several of which have never been positively identified with a known ancient toponym.

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