Unity and media

Late Iberian or Late Republican

Metal: Bronze.

Issuing entity: Arse/Saguntum (Sagunto).

Mint: Arse/Saguntum (Sagunto).

Date: 130-72 BC

Obverse:

Gaulish head of Rome to the right. Front internal Iberian inscription IKORBELES, back external BALKAKALTUR.

Reverse:

Ship's prow right, Victory above, caduceus in front. Iberian inscription ARSE.

Weight: 23.22 gr. - Diameter: 33 mm. - Axes: 6 h.

Described in: CNH, 309, nº 39; Vives, 17-2; Ripollès Alegre, P.P and Llorens Forcada, M.M, 2002: Arse-Saguntum. Historia monetaria de la ciudad y su territorio, Sagunto, p. 426.

Published in: 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. 102.

Monetary Inventory Number: 6300.

Purchase. Enrique Llobregat Collection.