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| Issuer | City of Acinipo (Turdetani people) |
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| Year | 100 BC - 40 BC |
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| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
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| Reverse description | Two wheat ears are depicted pointing to the right, their grain heads and awns rendered in low relief in the upper field. Beneath the ears, the Latin legend ACINIPO is inscribed in large, bold characters spanning the central field, identifying the issuing city. The composition reflects the agrarian symbolism common to Hispano-Roman civic bronzes, combining cereal motifs with the civic name in a straightforward, utilitarian design. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Acinipo, perched on a mesa above what is now Ronda la Vieja in the Málaga province, was one of the more assertive Turdetani communities in asserting civic identity through coinage during Rome's consolidation of Hispania Ulterior. The city struck in its own name rather than adopting Roman monetary forms outright — a posture shared by only a handful of southern Iberian towns during this period of accelerating Roman administrative pressure.
The broad date range assigned to this type reflects genuine scholarly uncertainty about Acinipo's precise minting sequence, not careless cataloguing.