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| Issuer | Abra (Turdetani people) |
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| Year | 170 BC - 140 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A stylised ear of grain or barley rendered in low relief, oriented horizontally across the coin's field, with individual grains depicted along both sides of the central stalk in a schematic, symmetrical arrangement. Below the ear, diagonal lines likely represent additional stalks or ground lines, a common artistic convention in Iberian agricultural coinage symbolising the fertility and agricultural wealth of the Turdetanian region. The reverse field is otherwise plain, with no legend or additional symbols present. The design is characteristic of mid-2nd century BC Hispanic bronze coinage and reflects strong local iconographic traditions rooted in the agrarian economy of Baetica. |
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Abra was a Turdetanian mint operating in the middle Guadalquivir valley during Rome's consolidation of Hispania Ulterior following the Celtiberian and Lusitanian wars. The precise location of the city remains unresolved — it has been tentatively placed in the modern province of Córdoba, though no secure archaeological identification has been confirmed. Coins of this series are scarce in collections outside the Iberian Peninsula, and most known examples derive from regional hoards rather than individual finds.