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Unit
| Issuer | Cessetani people |
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| Year | 150 BC - 100 BC |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Obverse description | Bare male head facing right in the Ibero-Hellenistic style, the hair rendered in tight curls or beaded locks arranged across the crown. A fibula and mantle are indicated at the neck truncation. A Iberian letter appears in the left field. The portraiture exhibits the influence of Hellenistic coinage traditions adapted to local Iberian artistic conventions. |
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| Obverse script | Iberian (Levantine) |
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| Reverse description | Armored horseman galloping to the right, raising a palm branch in the extended right hand, depicted in a vigorous, energetic posture characteristic of Iberian Hispanic coinage of the period. The horse is rendered with exaggerated musculature and dynamic striding legs. An Iberian legend in the Levantine semi-syllabic script appears below the horse in the exergual area, identifying the mint authority. A pellet or star ornament is visible in the upper field. |
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