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| Issuer | Kaunos |
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| Year | 200 BC - 100 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | A sword in its sheath, depicted vertically within the field, with the suspension strap clearly rendered at the upper portion of the scabbard forming a characteristic loop or ring fitting. The device is the principal civic type associated with Kaunos in Caria and is rendered in low relief. The field shows a warm brown patina with sandy encrustation. No legend accompanies the type. |
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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.