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Unit - Tiberius
| Issuer | Sexi |
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| Year | 14-37 |
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| Reference(s) | RPC Online I#123A, Vives#83-1, NAH#430, CNH#106 |
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| Reverse description | A Neo-Punic inscription enclosed within a rectangular frame, flanked by two tunny fish oriented to the left, one above and one below the cartouche. The letter aleph appears above the frame and yod below, serving as Semitic numerical or abbreviated markers. The tunny fish, a symbol of the local fishing industry at Sexi (modern Almuñécar), are rendered with naturalistic detail characteristic of Hispanic Phoenician civic coinage. |
| Reverse script | Neo-Punic |
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Sexi, the ancient Phoenician settlement on the southern coast of Hispania — modern Almuñécar — maintained its own civic bronze coinage well into the early imperial period, a privilege that reflected the town's status as a relatively autonomous municipium. Issues attributed to the reign of Tiberius are among the last documented from this mint; civic bronze production in the region largely ceased as the imperial administration consolidated monetary supply through provincial channels during the first century.
RPC I 123A distinguishes this piece within a closely related group, the die links within which have helped scholars reconstruct the mint's abbreviated output under Tiberius.