Unit

Late Iberian or Late Republican

 

 

 

Metal: Bronze.

Issuing entity: Kese (Tarragona).

Mint: Kese (Tarragona).

Date: First half of the 2nd century BC.

Obverse:

Virile head to right, behind amphora. Dotted border around.

Reverse:

Horseman with palm to right, below, on line, Iberian inscription KESE.

Weight: 14.8 gr. - Diameter: 25 mm. - Axes: 12 h.

Described in: CNH, 165, no. 51; Vives, 32-14.

Published in: Ripollès Alegre, P. P., 1982: La circulación monetaria en la Tarraconense Mediterránea, Valencia, p. 218, plate 28, no. 62; 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. Numismatic collections of the MARQ, Alicante, p. 100.

Monetary Inventory Number: 757.

MARQ collection. Ancient Numismatic Collection.