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Unit Spearhead
| Issuer | Cessetani people |
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| Year | 170 BC - 150 BC |
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| Weight | 11.8 g |
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| Reverse lettering | 𐊴𐊠𐊰𐊠 |
| Edge | Rough |
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| Additional information |
The Cessetani occupied the coastal territory around modern Tarragona — Kesse in ancient sources — and began striking bronze coinage as Roman administrative pressure reshaped the Iberian economy following the Second Punic War. This issue belongs to a period when indigenous communities were navigating Roman fiscal demands while maintaining their own monetary systems, a balancing act that would collapse entirely within a generation or two.
The "Unit Spearhead" denomination places it within a weight-based hierarchy specific to Iberian bronze series, where the spearhead mark functioned as a value indicator rather than a design element.