Unit

Late Iberian or Late Republican

Metal: Bronze.

Issuing entity: Cástulo (Linares, Jaén).

Mint: Cástulo (Linares, Jaén).

Date: Late 2nd century BC

Obverse:

Virile head diademed with infulas to right, in front hand. Border of dots around.

Reverse:

Sphinx right; in front, star. Exergue: Iberian inscription KASTILO. Surrounding border of dots.

Weight: 13.63 gr. - Diameter: 27 mm. - Axes: 11 h.

Described in: CNH, 335, no. 38; Vives, 70-8.

Published in: Ripollès Alegre, P. P., 1982: La circulación monetaria en la Tarraconense Mediterránea, Valencia, p. 221, plate 32, no. 124; 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. 103.

Monetary Inventory Number: 83.

Purchase. Isidro Albert Collection.