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Issuer Arse-Saguntum, City of
Year 130 BC - 72 BC
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Shape Round (irregular)
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Obverse description Male head facing right, heavily worn, with traces of a laurel wreath or diadem visible around the crown; the portrait, rendered in a provincial Ibero-Roman style, occupies the central field. The surface exhibits significant patination and encrustation consistent with extended burial, rendering finer details of the facial features largely indistinct. A Iberian inscription appears in the field, reading INV SAGVNT in a mixed Iberian-Latin epigraphic convention characteristic of the bilingual coinage of Arse-Saguntum.
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Reverse description Prancing horseman (jinete) facing right, a type emblematic of the Iberian coinage of the region, depicted with a palm branch or spear; the rider and mount are rendered in a schematic but energetic style typical of Celtiberian bronze coinage. Below the horse, the Iberian legend ARSE is inscribed in native Iberian script, identifying the ancient city of Arse (later Saguntum). The reverse field shows moderate to heavy wear with areas of corrosion, though the principal design elements remain discernible.
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