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Trihemiobol
| Issuer | Uncertain Carian city |
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| Year | 460 BC - 440 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Edge | Plain |
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| Mintage | ND (460 BC - 440 BC) |
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Caria in the mid-fifth century was a fractured region of semi-autonomous dynasts and cities operating under loose Achaemenid suzerainty, which makes firm attribution of minor silver fractions like this one genuinely difficult. The trihemiobol denomination — one and a half obols — served small-transaction commerce in a world where a single obol could buy a day's basic provisions.
The SNG von Aulock reference places it within a recognized but poorly documented group; von Aulock's collection itself was assembled largely from trade sources with incomplete provenance, which compounds the attribution problem.