Obol Uncertain Mint 'Gorgoneion'

Caria in the fifth century BC was not a unified monetary authority — dozens of small dynastic centers and autonomous cities struck their own fractional silver, often without leaving enough archaeological or textual trace to pin the issuing authority down with confidence. This piece belongs to that frustrating category. The gorgoneion as a coin type had deep apotropaic roots in Greek culture, chosen not for dynastic association but as a broadly understood protective symbol, which makes attribution by type alone nearly impossible.