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| Issuer | Melita (Sicily) |
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| Year | 150 BC - 146 BC |
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| Reference(s) | CNS#7-9 Copenhagen#463-466 , Weber#8525 , SNG Morcom#938 Evelpidis#744-745 , CNP#949 , SNG Dreer 1#608 , Lindgren II#662 , Virzi#2140 , de Luynes#1482-1484 |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
| Obverse lettering | MEΛITAIΩN |
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Melita — modern Malta — occupied an outsized strategic position in the central Mediterranean, and its autonomous bronze coinage reflects a community that maintained distinct civic identity under Roman dominance following the Third Macedonian War. These issues fall within the narrow window before 146 BC, when Rome's destruction of Carthage and Corinth effectively reorganized western Mediterranean power structures. Melita was never absorbed harshly; it functioned as a useful naval station, and its coins circulated locally long after Rome had little reason to suppress them.