Ancient Iberian Coinage - Museo Prehistoria

Some characteristics of the designs allow us to establish differences in the monetary production of the
two Hispanic provinces. In cities from the Citerior province, the monetary types were characterized
by being rather uniform. For the bronze units and the silver denarii, the male head on the obverse, and
the horseman with spear, palm or another object on the reverse, was preferred. The obverse could
represent the founding hero or a local divinity of the ethnic group and the reverse could be chosen to
fulfil values or beliefs of the elites of equestrian tradition, as has been suggested by Almagro.
Arse-Saguntum
2nd century BC
Unit
14.17 g - 26 mm
Kili
2nd century BC
Unit
14.17 g - 26 mm
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