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1/3 Stater - Eunostos
| Issuer | Soloi |
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| Year | 310 BC |
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| Reference(s) | GCV#5831 |
| Obverse description | Laureate and draped bust of Apollo facing left, rendered in fine Hellenistic style with wavy hair bound by a laurel wreath and a short drapery visible at the truncation. The facial features are modelled with naturalistic delicacy, characteristic of Cypriot coinage of the late fourth century BC. The field is plain, and the flan is irregular as typical of hammered ancient gold coinage. The monogram EY appears in the field, serving as the abbreviated ethnic or royal identifier for Eunostos, the dynast of Soloi. |
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| Obverse lettering | EY (Translation: Eunostos) |
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Soloi was a Cilician Greek city whose autonomy by the early fourth century BC was increasingly contested — caught between Macedonian expansion and Persian remnants. Eunostos appears in ancient sources as a local dynast who briefly held authority over the city, though the precise terms of his rule remain debated. This gold issue is among the few numismatic traces he left behind.
The GCV 5831 reference places this among a small, well-documented group of fractional gold struck under Cilician dynasts in this period.