½ Unit

The Cessetani were an Iberian people centered around the territory of modern Tarragona — Kesse in ancient sources — whose coinage reflects the broader monetization of Hispania Citerior under Roman administrative pressure following the Second Punic War. Their bronze fractional issues were almost certainly produced to facilitate local tax payment and market exchange within a Roman provincial framework, not as expressions of independent monetary policy. The half-unit denomination is notably scarce relative to the full unit, suggesting either limited production runs or heavy attrition in circulation.