Æ19 CΑΛΗΝΩΝ, Sala

Sala was a Roman colony in Mauretania Tingitana, situated near the mouth of the Bou Regreg river — modern Rabat — and one of the southernmost cities in the Roman world to produce a civic bronze coinage. Issues attributed to the Trajanic period reflect the city's administrative consolidation under Rome's reorganization of the Tingitana province, a process accelerated after Trajan's accession in 98 AD. The colony's coinage output was modest and geographically isolated, which accounts for the relative difficulty in assembling a complete type set from this mint.