Semis Early 1st century BC

Late Iberian or Late Republican

Metal: Bronze.
Issuing entity: Gades (Cádiz).
Mint: Gades (Cádiz).
Date: Early 1st century BC
Obverse:
Head of Melqart left, covered with lion skin. In front nailed.
Reverse:
Two tunas left, between the heads external crescent with central dot, between the tails Phoenician letter 'aleph'. Central dot, above it Phoenician inscription MP'L, below it 'GDR.

Weight: 4.7 g - Diameter: 19 mm - Axes: 11 h.
Described in: CNH, 89, no. 58; Vives, 79-6.
Published in:
Ripollès Alegre, P. P., 1982: La circulación monetaria en la Tarraconense Mediterránea, Valencia, p. 223, plate 34, no. 149; Ramón Sánchez, J.J., García Barrachina, A., Verdú Parra, E., Bayo Fuentes, S., 2010: "Catálogo. Antigüedad", in Ramón Sánchez, J.J. (ed.), Monedas. Todas las caras de la Historia. Colecciones numismáticas del MARQ, Alicante, p. 104.
Monetary Inventory Number: 106.
Purchase. Isidro Albert Collection