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¼ Unit
| Issuer | Cessetani people |
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| Year | 195 BC - 170 BC |
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| Weight | 3.0 g |
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| Reverse description | Forepart of Pegasus, the winged horse, advancing right with forelegs raised; the large, stylized wings are prominently spread upward and to the left. Three pellets appear above in the upper field, functioning as a value mark denoting the quarter unit denomination. Below the Pegasus, a three-character Iberian legend in the Levantine semi-syllabic script is inscribed in the exergual area. The design is contained within a beaded border. |
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| Reverse lettering | ḱeśe |
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The Cessetani were an Iberian people centered around the modern Tarragona region — Kesse in ancient sources — whose coinage emerged under the administrative pressure of Roman pacification following the Second Punic War. Rome actively encouraged indigenous minting in Hispania during this period as a practical tool for paying local troops and collecting taxes, making issues like this one as much a Roman fiscal instrument as a local one.