Catalog
| Issuer | Untikesken gens |
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| Year | 100 BC - 72 BC |
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| Reference(s) | ACIP#1045, FAB#1205, Heiss#42 |
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| Reverse description | Pegasus, the winged horse, depicted in a recumbent or leaping pose facing left, with large spread wings prominently rendered in the field. A small figure of Victory (Nike) and a bow are associated with the design, consistent with the coin's type designation. The Iberian legend in Levantine script encircles the lower portion of the reverse field, identifying the issuing community. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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| Additional information |
The Untikesken gens — the Iberian tribe centered at Emporion on the northeastern coast of the Iberian Peninsula — minted bronze coinage throughout the late Republican period while maintaining a complex dual identity, their city having grown from a Greek Phocaean colony into a heavily Romanized trading hub. This issue falls within the period of the Sertorian War, when the peninsula became a theater for the Roman civil conflict between Sertorius and the Sullan commanders, a disruption that would have pressured local mints to sustain output for commerce and troop-related transactions.
The dating window overlaps precisely with Rome's gradual absorption of indigenous Iberian monetary systems.