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| Issuer | City of Acinipo (Turdetani people) |
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| Year | 100 BC - 40 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The Latin inscription ACINIP occupies the central field, identifying the issuing city of Acinippo, rendered in bold, well-formed capital letters. The legend is flanked above and below by two grain ears or cereal stalks displayed horizontally, a device emblematic of the agricultural prosperity of the Baetica region. The composition is balanced and symmetrical, with the ears of grain serving as a decorative border framing the civic legend. The flan edges are irregular, consistent with the hammered production technique of the period. This reverse type is standard for the bronze coinage attributed to Acinippo and is well documented in the Hispanic numismatic corpus. |
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Acinipo, situated in what is now the Ronda highlands of Málaga province, was one of the few inland Turdetani communities granted the right to strike its own bronze coinage under Roman provincial oversight — a privilege that reflects the town's surprising economic weight relative to its size. The city would later decline sharply under Augustus, eventually abandoned in favor of nearby Arunda.
ACIP 2453 is among the later emissions of the series, issued as Roman administrative consolidation was steadily eliminating autonomous local minting across Hispania Ulterior.