Kaunos, a seaport at the southwest corner of Anatolia, was the capital of the Carians, a non-GREEK people who were strongly influenced by trade with their GREEK neighbors. Possibly the earliest coin to depict Hermes is a silver stater of Kaunos dated to c. 490 BCE. A muscular figure of the god is shown ...
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