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1/2 Unit
| Issuer | Obulco |
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| Year | 80 BC - 45 BC |
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| Value | 1/2 Unit |
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| Obverse description | Laureate head of Apollo facing right, rendered in the Ibero-Roman provincial style characteristic of the Obulco mint. The effigy displays stylized hair and laurel wreath typical of late Republican Hispanic coinage. The Latin legend OBVL appears before the portrait in the field, with the abbreviation NIG positioned behind, both rendered in capital letters. The flan is irregular, as is typical of hand-struck bronze issues from this mint and period. |
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| Edge | Plain, irregular |
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Obulco — modern Porcuna, in the upper Guadalquivir valley — was one of the most prolific Hispanic mints of the late Republican period, producing coinage in its own Iberian script well into the first century BC. The city's output spans the Social War era through Caesar's Hispanian campaigns, and the mint likely ceased operation around the time of the Caesarian reorganization of Baetica following the Battle of Munda in 45 BC.
The half-unit denomination is the smallest of the Obulco bronze series and shows considerable die variation across the RAH 627–639 range, reflecting extended production over several decades rather than a single issue.