Catalog
| Issuer | Abdera (Iberia) (Punic Iberia) |
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| Year | 90 BC - 40 BC |
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| Weight | 2 g |
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| Obverse description | Bare male head facing left, rendered in a Punic artistic style typical of the late Republican period in Hispania. The facial features are summarily modelled, with a prominent nose and chin visible in profile. A small pellet or globule appears in the left field before the face. The flan is irregular and the surfaces show typical wear and patination consistent with hammered bronze coinage of the period. |
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| Reverse description | A dolphin depicted leaping or swimming to the left, occupying the central field of the flan. The body of the dolphin is rendered in a schematic style characteristic of Punic Iberian bronzes, with the tail fin and dorsal line discernible despite surface wear. A Neo-Punic legend reading 𐤏𐤁𐤃𐤓𐤕 (ʿBDRT, the Punic toponym for Abdera) appears in the field, serving as a mint identifier. The overall composition is typical of the small-denomination civic coinage struck at Abdera during the late second to mid-first century BC. |
| Reverse script | Neo-Punic |
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