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| Issuer | Lopadusa |
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| Year | 300 BC - 200 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse lettering | gl |
| Reverse description | Crab depicted frontally in moderate relief, similar in type to the obverse but showing greater wear and a flatter rendering of the carapace and appendages. The four pairs of legs are splayed symmetrically across the plain field, and the claws are visible at the upper register. A single Punic letter appears in the field. The flan is irregular with a consistent olive-green patina and some surface roughness. |
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Lopadusa — modern Lampedusa — issued its own bronze coinage despite being little more than a rocky outcrop between Sicily and North Africa, a geographic reality that made it a staging point for both Carthaginian and Roman naval operations. The island's autonomous bronze issues are rare enough that die linkage studies remain incomplete, and the "var." designation in the Morcom reference suggests this piece diverges from the standard type in ways that have not been fully systematized.