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Æ21
| Issuer | Ebusus |
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| Year | 270 BC - 150 BC |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Obverse description | Kabeiros depicted in squatting posture, facing the viewer, rendered in the characteristic archaic Punic style of Ebusus. The deity raises a hammer in his right hand while grasping a serpent in his left. A palm branch occupies the left field, serving as a symbol of the island's Phoenician cultural identity. The figure is set within a plain field on an irregular flan typical of hammered provincial bronze coinage. The overall design reflects the syncretic religious iconography of the western Phoenician colonial world. |
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| Reverse description | Two lines of Phoenician inscription arranged horizontally across the field, set within a dotted border visible at the coin's periphery. The legend reads the Punic name of the island, generally transcribed as 'EBSM' or similar in Phoenician characters. The epigraphy is characteristic of western Punic script of the mid-Hellenistic period. The flat, unadorned field focuses attention entirely on the inscription. The flan is irregular, consistent with hand-struck bronze issues of this region and era. |
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| Mint | Ebusus (modern Ibiza, Spain) |
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