Semis

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 gr. - 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.