Semis

Cunbaria was a small Iberian settlement in the Guadalquivir valley whose civic coinage was issued during the period of intensifying Roman administrative consolidation in Hispania Ulterior. The attribution to this mint rests primarily on find-spot concentrations and comparative epigraphy — the Iberian script legends have been linked to the regional writing conventions of the middle Baetis basin. The semis denomination itself reflects deliberate adoption of Roman monetary structure by indigenous communities, a process that accelerated sharply after the Sertorian War ended in 72 BC.