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| Issuer | Gadir |
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| Year | 100 BC - 20 BC |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse script | Phoenician |
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| Reverse description | A tunny fish (almadraba tuna) depicted in profile facing left, occupying the central field — a emblematic motif directly referencing the prosperous tuna-fishing industry of Gadir (modern Cádiz). Below the fish, a Phoenician legend is partially visible in the lower field. The reverse exhibits characteristic flat relief and an irregular flan typical of hammered bronze issues from this Hispano-Phoenician mint. |
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Gadir — modern Cádiz — was among the oldest Phoenician settlements in the western Mediterranean, founded around 1100 BC according to ancient sources, and its bronze coinage persisted well into the Roman provincial period largely because Rome permitted compliant Iberian cities to maintain local mint authority as a practical administrative concession. By the late first century BC, Gadir's monetary output was winding down entirely, making later emissions from this series scarce in any condition.