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Semis legend eterter
| Issuer | Untikesken (Empúries/Ampurias mint) |
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| Year | 170 BC - 150 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Iberian (Levantine) |
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| Reverse description | A bull passant to the right occupies the central field, rendered with a characteristic Iberian provincial style showing the animal in a striding posture with head slightly lowered and tail raised. A horizontal exergual line separates the main device from the lower field. The Iberian legend 'eterter' is inscribed below the exergual line, serving as a secondary ethnic or magistrate's mark. The flan edges are irregular and the overall relief is moderately worn, consistent with the hammered technique employed at Iberian mints of this era. |
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Untikesken was the Iberian-script rendering of the Greek colony Emporion — modern Empúries on the Catalan coast — a mint that straddled two monetary worlds, producing both Greek-style silver drachms for regional trade and Iberian bronze fractions for local exchange. This semis belongs to the latter category, issued during a period when Rome was consolidating control over Hispania Citerior following the wars against the Celtiberians. The "eterter" element in the legend remains only partially understood by specialists, likely denoting a magistrate or local issuing authority whose name appears on no other surviving document.