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| Issuer | Emporia, City of |
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| Year | 50 BC - 27 BC |
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| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
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| Obverse description | Helmeted male head facing right, rendered in a provincial Ibero-Roman style with schematic linear detailing typical of late Republican Iberian coinage. The helmet is depicted with a pronounced crest and cheek guards, executed in low relief. The facial features are stylized, with a large eye rendered as a circular pellet and a broad jaw. The field is plain with no visible legend or inscription. The flan is irregular and shows evidence of surface patination consistent with age. |
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| Mintage | ND (50 BC - 27 BC) |
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Emporia — modern Ampurias on the Catalan coast — was a Greek foundation that by the late Republic had developed into a hybrid Greco-Roman commercial center. The city struck its own bronze coinage during the chaotic decades of the civil wars, a period when Roman central authority over provincial minting was effectively suspended and local communities filled the gap. FAB 1271 falls within that window of civic monetary autonomy that largely closed once Augustus consolidated control after Actium.