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| Issuer | Kastilo, City of |
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| Year | 200 BC - 150 BC |
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| Value | 1 Unit |
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| Reverse description | Sphinx striding right, depicted with a human head wearing a Corinthian helmet, the body of a lion with a raised forepaw, and a curved wing arching over the back. A six-pointed star or rosette symbol appears in the upper right field. Below the sphinx, the Iberian legend in Meridional script is inscribed along the lower exergue. The composition reflects the strong Punic artistic influence characteristic of Castulo's civic bronze coinage of the late 2nd century BC. |
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| Reverse lettering | KaSTiLO Ko (Translation: KaSTiLO) |
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Kastilo was one of the wealthiest cities in Hispania Ulterior, sitting atop the silver and lead deposits of the upper Guadalquivir valley — the same mineral wealth that made the region worth fighting over during the Second Punic War. Roman administrative consolidation of the region eventually absorbed local civic issues like this one, making the autonomous bronze coinage of Kastilo a relatively short-lived phenomenon tied directly to a specific window of negotiated autonomy under Roman oversight.