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Hemiobol
| Issuer | Emporion |
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| Year | 220 BC - 150 BC |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | Draped female head facing right, hair rendered in flowing locks and tied back, wearing a wreath or diadem; the portrait is executed in the Hellenistic style characteristic of the Emporitane mint, with fine facial features and a beaded border visible along the coin's periphery. |
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| Mintage | ND (220 BC - 150 BC) |
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Emporion — the Greek colony founded by Phocaeans on the northeastern Iberian coast — occupied an unusual dual existence as both a trading emporium and, eventually, a Roman allied city. These fractional silver pieces circulated in a commercial environment where Iberian, Greek, and later Roman monetary conventions overlapped and competed. The hemiobol denomination served small-transaction commerce in a port economy built on fish salting, textile trade, and the movement of Spanish silver inland.
FAB 1105 places this type firmly within the later autonomous coinage of Emporion, before Roman administrative absorption effectively ended independent civic minting at the site.