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Tetrobol
| Issuer | Kindya |
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| Year | 510 BC - 480 BC |
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| Diameter | 10.0 mm |
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| Reverse description | Deeply recessed incuse square containing a central raised boss surrounded by radiating lines forming a stylized floral or stellate pattern, enclosed within a square border decorated with a repeating pellet-and-dash motif. The incuse technique is typical of archaic Greek coinage of Asia Minor, serving as a countermark to the obverse design. The geometric regularity of the pattern contrasts with the naturalistic obverse, reflecting early Carian mint practice. |
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| Mint | Kindya (Caria) |
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Kindya was a small Carian dynastic authority in southwestern Anatolia, and its coinage is among the least documented of the Hecatomnid-adjacent regional series. The SNG Kayhan reference places this firmly within a Anatolian collection context, but Kindyan issues remain poorly represented in major hoards, which complicates any firm attribution of mint sequence or political occasion for striking.
The dating bracket overlaps with the period of Achaemenid consolidation across Caria following Darius I's reorganization of western satrapal territories.