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Æ Unit
| Issuer | Beuibum |
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| Year | 150 BC - 1 BC |
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| Reverse description | Two dolphins swimming in opposite directions — one curving left above and one curving left below — with a Lusitanian inscription rendered in Southwestern Iberian script placed horizontally between them in the central field. The dolphins are depicted in a schematic but vigorous style, their forms interlocked to fill the circular flan. The overall composition is enclosed within a plain raised border, consistent with other Hispano-Lusitanian bronze issues of the late Republican period. |
| Reverse script | Southwestern Iberian (Lusitanian) |
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| Additional information |
Beuibum was a small Iberian settlement whose precise location remains debated among scholars — most place it in the Ebro valley region, though no definitive archaeological site has been confirmed. The ACIP cataloguing of this type reflects work done largely in the late twentieth century to systematize the bewildering variety of Iberian bronze issues that Roman provincial administration either tolerated or simply couldn't suppress fast enough.
Iberian civic bronzes of this range rarely traveled far from their issuing community, which is why find-spot data carries unusual weight for attribution.