Chalkon

Kaunos occupied an awkward political position throughout the fourth century — nominally under Persian suzerainty, then briefly absorbed into the Hekatomnid dynastic sphere of Karia under Maussollos, all while maintaining enough civic independence to strike its own bronze. This small denomination would have served purely local exchange needs during a period when the city's harbor trade made it wealthy enough to matter but small enough to be perpetually subject to larger powers.

The references spread across BMC, Copenhagen, and Ashmolean suggest a recognized type with multiple die pairings rather than a single unified issue — consistent with municipal bronze production across several decades rather than a single emission.