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Tritartemorion
| Issuer | Iltirta (Ilergetes people) |
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| Year | 218 BC - 206 BC |
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| Currency | Unit (late 3rd century BC) |
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| Reverse description | Central wheel motif with four spokes dividing the field into quadrants, each containing elements including an Iberian letter, a horse head, and an external crescent symbol. The design reflects the characteristic civic iconography of the Ilergetes mint at Iltirta, combining Celtic-Iberian symbolic vocabulary within a structured geometric framework. The execution is summary, consistent with the small module and hammered technique of this fractional denomination. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Iltirta was the principal mint of the Ilergetes, the Iberian tribe led by Indibilis and Mandonius whose allegiances shifted critically during the Second Punic War — first supporting Carthage, then Rome after 206 BC. This tritartemorion, a three-quarter obol fraction, belongs to the coinage produced during that period of contested loyalty, when Iberian tribal mints were supplying silver to whichever military power controlled the Ebro corridor.
The Ilergetes ultimately backed Rome's final push, and Scipio Africanus depended on tribal cooperation to consolidate the peninsula after Carthaginian withdrawal.