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Issuer Kaunos
Year 200 BC - 100 BC
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Diameter 10.3 mm
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Reverse script Greek
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Mint Kaunos, Caria
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Kaunos, a Carian city on the Dalyan river, maintained a stubborn political independence that ping-ponged between Rhodian control and autonomy across the second century BC. This small bronze issue almost certainly belongs to one of the periods of Rhodian dominance — Rhodes absorbed Kaunos formally around 189 BC following Rome's settlement after Magnesia, and the city's civic coinage reflects the compromised sovereignty of a port town perpetually useful to larger powers.

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