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| Issuer | Iasos (Caria) |
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| Year | 250 BC - 190 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse script | Greek |
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| Mint | Iasos Mint |
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Iasos was a small but commercially active port city on the Carian coast, its economy built largely on fishing — ancient sources single out the local fish market as unusually prosperous, and the city reportedly taxed fish sales as a primary revenue source. Bronze civic issues like this one served local exchange in a harbor economy where fractions of silver were impractical for daily transactions. The dating range spans the period of Seleucid and then Rhodian dominance over the region, and the issuing authority likely shifted hands more than once without interrupting the mint.