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½ Unit
| Issuer | Abdera (Iberia) (Punic Iberia) |
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| Year | 90 BC - 40 BC |
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| Currency | Unit (2nd century BC) |
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| Reverse description | A dolphin swimming left is depicted above a tuna fish also oriented to the left, both rendered in the bold, stylized manner typical of Ibero-Punic civic bronzes. The marine motifs are emblematic of Abdera's identity as a coastal fishing colony, reflecting the town's renowned tuna and fish-salting industry. Below or beside the figures, a Neo-Punic legend in four characters reads 𐤏𐤁𐤃𐤓𐤕, representing the Punic name of the city. A partial dotted border frames portions of the design. |
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| Reverse lettering | 𐤏𐤁𐤃𐤓𐤕 |
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Abdera on the Iberian coast — modern Adra in Almería — was a Phoenician foundation whose mint continued producing bronze coinage well into the Roman provincial period, long after Carthaginian political authority had collapsed. The city's Punic cultural identity persisted stubbornly in its numismatic output, which is why issues from this late phase still carry Semitic rather than Latin inscriptions. The roughly half-century window assigned to this type spans the Sertorian War and its aftermath, a period of considerable instability across Hispania Ulterior.