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| Issuer | City of Acinipo (Turdetani people) |
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| Year | 100 BC - 40 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | A bunch of grapes depicted in high relief at the center of the field, rendered in a stylized Iberian artistic tradition. The grape cluster hangs vertically, with visible individual berries and a short stem at the top. The motif is enclosed within a plain inner circle surrounded by a border of large pellets along the coin's periphery. The design reflects the agricultural significance of viticulture in the Turdetani region of Hispania Ulterior. |
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| Mint | Acinippo, Hispania, modern-day Ronda, Spain |
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Acinipo, the hilltop settlement near modern Ronda in Andalusia, was one of the few Turdetani communities to maintain autonomous coin production well into the period of Roman provincial consolidation. Its bronzes circulated locally in the Baetis valley during a stretch that covers the Sertorian War, Caesar's Iberian campaigns, and the final convulsions of the Roman Republic — any one of which could account for why individual specimens turn up heavily worn.
The ACIP 2446 designation places this piece within a well-documented but relatively small series. Total known output from Acinipo was modest; the town never struck silver.