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| Issuer | Abdera (Iberia) (Punic Iberia) |
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| Year | 120 BC - 90 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | A dolphin leaps to the left in the upper field, while a tuna fish swims to the right in the lower field, both rendered in profile — a distinctive iconographic pairing emblematic of the maritime fishing economy of Abdera. The Neo-Punic legend 𐤏𐤁𐤃𐤓𐤕 (ʿBDRT, identifying the mint city) appears in the lower exergual area between or below the two marine creatures. A shallow incuse border frames the design. The overall style is consistent with the local Punic coinage tradition of southern Hispania. |
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| Mintage | ND (120 BC - 90 BC) |
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Abdera on the Iberian coast — modern Adra in Almería — was a Phoenician foundation, and its coinage reflects that origin long after Carthaginian political power had collapsed in the west. Issues like this one continued using Punic script and iconographic conventions well into the late second century BC, decades after Rome had reorganized the peninsula into provincial administration. The city's relative autonomy in monetary matters was typical of Rome's early accommodationist policy toward cooperative Phoenician settlements along the southern coast.
ACIP 869 belongs to a series attributed to Abdera's later municipal issues, struck as the city navigated the transition between Punic civic identity and increasing Roman cultural pressure.