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| Issuer | Carbula |
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| Year | 200 BC - 176 BC |
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| Value | 1 As |
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| Reverse description | A lyre depicted in the central field, rendered in a schematic, archaic style with clearly incised strings and a rounded sound box; a large central pellet or boss occupies the lower portion of the instrument's body. The encircling Latin legend CARBVLA is distributed around the periphery of the field, identifying the issuing community. The overall composition is characteristic of early Hispano-Roman municipal bronze coinage. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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Carbula was a small Iberian settlement in the Baetis valley — modern Alcolea del Río, in Andalusia — and its coinage is among the most localized issues of the entire Hispanic series. The town sat on a key river crossing and likely minted under the indirect influence of the Roman military presence pushing through the region during the Second Punic War's aftermath. Very few civic authorities at this level produced bronze of this weight class, making Carbula's output an anomaly worth noting.
ACIP 2312 is sparsely represented in major collections.