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As IMP SAL, Salacia
| Issuer | Salacia |
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| Year | 50 BC - 20 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Bare, bearded head of Neptune facing right, rendered in a robust provincial style with wavy hair and beard. A trident is visible in the left field behind the head, serving as the deity's principal attribute. The effigy is unlegended, with no surrounding inscription. The flan is irregular and the relief, though worn, preserves the essential iconographic elements of the god of the sea. |
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| Reverse lettering | IMP SAL |
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Salacia — modern Setúbal, on Portugal's Sado estuary — was a prosperous fishing and garum-producing town whose civic coinage reflects the transition from independent Iberian municipal issue to Roman imperial integration. This bronze falls precisely within that contested period, when southwestern Hispania's towns were negotiating their administrative status under Augustus. The title IMP SAL on the obverse abbreviates the municipium's name in the Roman fashion, signaling Salacia's alignment with Roman civic identity rather than its older Lusitanian roots. The FAB and RPC references place this among a small, well-documented group of issues attributed to the town's final phase of autonomous bronze production.