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| Issuer | Ilipense |
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| Year | 200 BC - 101 BC |
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| Value | 1 As |
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| Reverse description | A single grain ear (wheat or barley) oriented vertically with the head pointing upward, occupying the central field of the coin. The stalk and lateral grains are rendered in low relief, consistent with the agricultural iconography typical of Hispanian municipal coinage of the 2nd century BC. The field is otherwise plain, with a dotted border visible along the periphery. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Ilipense was one of several towns in the middle Guadalquivir valley issuing bronze coinage under Roman provincial authority during the second century BC, a practice that Rome tolerated — and in some cases encouraged — to ease the chronic shortage of small-denomination currency in Hispania Ulterior. The town's precise location remains disputed among Iberian numismatists, with candidates ranging from near modern Alcalá del Río to sites further upstream.
The ACIP classification places this issue within the broader corpus of Iberian Hispanic municipal bronzes catalogued by Villaronga and Benages.