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Obol Western Asia Minor
| Issuer | Uncertain Greek city |
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| Year | 400 BC - 200 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Forepart of a bull or boar advancing to the right, rendered in low relief within an irregularly shaped flan typical of small hammered silver coinage from western Asia Minor. The animal figure is depicted with schematic musculature, occupying the central field. No legend or inscription is present. The surfaces show characteristic wear and die-shift consistent with hand-struck fractional coinage of the period. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Without a confirmed issuing authority, small silver fractions from this region and period circulate through collections under perpetual attribution debate — Ionia, Mysia, Troas, and Lydia have all been proposed as sources for visually similar types. The two-century window reflects honest scholarly uncertainty rather than carelessness.