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Unit
| Issuer | Cessetani people |
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| Year | 100 BC - 40 BC |
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| Currency | Unit (early 1st century BC) |
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| Obverse description | Bare male head facing right, with curly hair rendered in thick locks, draped at the neck with a mantle fastened by an annular fibula visible at the truncation. A single Iberian character appears in the left field. The portrait is executed in the Ibero-Roman style, with bold, slightly schematic facial features typical of the Cesse mint workshop. A beaded border frames the design. |
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| Obverse script | Iberian (Levantine) |
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| Reverse description | Equestrian figure advancing right at a brisk pace, the rider depicted wearing a crested helmet and holding a palm branch in the right hand; the horse is shown in a lively trot with mane finely rendered. The Iberian legend KESSE appears in the exergue below the horse in Levantine Iberian script, identifying the mint city of Cesse (modern Tarragona). A decorative curved line borders the lower portion of the field. |
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