Post your Iberian coinage for all to enjoy ! Iberian coinage with horseman (jinete) Iberian Horseman (jinete) Ancient Iberian peninsula. Iberian coinage started around the fifth century BC, but widespread minting and circulation in the Iberian peninsula did not begin until late in the third century, during the Second Punic War. Civic coinages - emissions made by individual cities at their own volition - continued under the first two and a half centuries of Roman control until ending in the mid-first century AD. Some non-civic coins were minted on behalf of Roman emperors during this period and continued to be minted after the cessation of the civic coinages. After the cessation of the civic coinages, these Imperial coins were the only coins minted in Iberia until the coins of the Suebi and Visigoths. Part of the Second Punic War was fought in the Iberian Peninsula and coins were used by combatants on all sides. This led to a widespread and dramatic increase in the number of places where coins were minted and the amount of coin in circulation. To fund their war effort, the Carthaginians minted gold, electrum, silver and bronze coins. These coins may have been minted in the Barcid 'capital' of Carthago Nova or perhaps were minted simply in Carthaginian military camps. After this war, and the subsequent Roman annexation of much of the Iberian Peninsula, many indigenous towns and a few Roman colonial towns minted civic coins over the second and early first centuries. The indigenous towns in Hispania Citerior minted coins with Iberian scripts and either Iberian or Celtiberian legends. These coins were often typically similar, with a heroic male portrait on the obverse and a horseman on the reverse - the so-called "jinete" (horseman) coins. The areas in which coins were minted and circulating expanded as Roman control was spread into the interior of the Peninsula. The legends and iconography on coins from Hispania Ulterior were more diverse, with Latin legends common but also some Iberian scripts (a system of 28 syllabic and alphabetic characters) while Punic continued to be used in the old Phoenician colonies along the south coast. Coins from this era are often called Iberian coins, the numbers of towns minting peaked in the last third of the second century and early first century, and then declined rapidly from around the mid-first century BC, the number of towns emitting coins decreased and Latin legends were standardized throughout the Peninsula. Coins were mainly now emitted by more important towns that had received privileged juridical status from victorious Roman generals in the Civil Wars and then from the new Julio-Claudian emperors Augustus and Tiberius. Many of the coins emitted proclaim the new status of emitting towns as Roman coloniae or municipia, and individual civic iconography was used with strong similarities to that used in other Roman provinces and media. These emissions are conventionally called (Roman) Provincial coins.
Fun write up on some really cool coins... SPAIN, Castulo I Century BCE Æ As Diademed head, hand before / Helmeted Sphinx standing, star at right. Burgos.543. aVF, earthen brown patina.
This is my only one with the Horseman (jinete) style. Spain, Konterbia Karbika Æ Unit. 150-101 BC. Male head right, hair in two levels; Iberian 'KARBIKA' behind, dolphin before / Warrior on horseback right, holding spear; Iberian 'KONTEBAKOM' in exergue. ACIP 1830; CNH 7. 8.90g, 24mm. The Iberian coinage has so many types and mints you would be hard pressed to ever establish a collection with the majority of them.
One from Castulo Spain. Castulo. Circa 50 BC. AE 14.5-15.5, Semis or quadrans Obv: Diademed young male head right Rev: Boar standing right; star above.
They are all special coins ! Really nice coin @Sallent I would like to have one like yours in my collection, I don't have any Iberian silver.
@Bing and @Ryro Love your coins. I have been telling myself for a while I need to get one of those big heavy coins from Castulo with the Sphinx on it.
Titiakos 100 to 80 BC AE AS Obvs: Bearded male head right. Ψ behind Revs: Horseman riding right, holding spear. ΨΨPXM below 23x24mm, 7.7g CNH 296.12 Obulco After 150 BC AE As Obvs: OBVLCO, Female head right. Revs: Iberic inscription Tikueki & Botilkes between plow and wheat ear. 23x29mm, 10.34g CNH 347.38 Bascunes After 150 BC AR Denarius Obvs: Bearded male right. Revs: Rider on horse holding sword. 17x18mm, 4.02g CNH 12 Lastigi After 150 BC AE Quadrans Obvs: Helmeted male right within laurel border. Revs: LAS within border. 17x19mm, 3.2g CNH 381.4 Ostur 1st c. BC AE Semis Obvs: OSTVR below acorn. Revs: Two palm branches. 19x20mm, 6.88g CNH 390.4
Nice write-up, @bcuda , and great coin. Is that Jinete statue yours? Iberia: FUN history, fun coins! Here are a few of mine: IBERIA OSCA Spain AR silver denarius 204-154 BC. Head r beard -N behind - Horseman spear, Iberian PMAN BOLSCAN Burgos 1501 Villaronga 3 Spain Osca Æ Semis 25mm 8.0g 1st C BCE Bearded male hd R Horseman galloping R holding spear star SNG Cop 325 Burgos 1918 Iberia Secaisa Segeda AE 25 2nd-1st C BC Male Hd Dolphin Horseman Galloping Iberia Castulo Late 2nd C BC AE As 25mm Bust Nose Hand Sphinx Iberia - Castulo AE14 Quarter Unit Bust - BOAR w-star 2nd C BCE CARTHAGE IN IBERIA Carthage Iberia 218-208 BC AE 13 1-4 Calco Barcid Military Mint 2nd Punic War Tanit Helmet
ROME IN IBERIA Carthago Nova SCIPIO Africanus Roman Occupation 209-206 BCE Sear Vol2 6575 Left Rare Carthago Nova Scipio 209-206 BCE AE 14 Horse Head RARE RImp Spain Lepida-Clesa Lepidus 44-36BCE C Balbus L Porcius Colonia Victrix Ivlia Lepida Victory - Bull holed RPI 262 plate 19 RI Augustus 27 BCE-14CE AE As or Semis Spain Celsa Mint 29mm 5.0g Laureate Augustus - Bull RPC271 Cut in ancient times to make change
@Aldegandron. The Little statue is in a museum in Spain I just used it for the article. By the way nice Iberians you have there!
Some lovely patined coins being shown here!.... I have a few but here's a slightly rarer type, the Latinization of the script shows the slow intergration of the Iberic tribes into the Roman empire.. Castulo, Spain AE As. 30 mm, 22g. 76-45 BC. ISCER SACAL, youthful male head right. CAST SOCED, sphinx right. Burgos (2008) 709; Ripolles 905; Villaronga 14. Here also is a link people mind find useful,,,click on the map and it gives you a list of coins from that region.. http://moneda-hispanica.com/iberia.htm
This is my nicest Iberain coin.. Obulco, Baetica, 2nd century BC, AE O: Female head, hair in bun, OBVLCO right. r: Plow above and grain below magistrate's name in Iberian text (UIUIBORTuN/MINUABoI). 29x31mm,16.3 g.
Here's another... Iberic Spain, Sekaisa. AE23, early 1st century BC. Obverse..Youthful male head right between two dolphins. Reverse..Celtiberian legend SEKAISA beneath horseman galloping right, holding spear. Ripolles 1569; Burgos (1987), 699. Villaronga 39;
I recently acquired (and sold) these two Iberian AE 30. They were rather difficult to photograph. I'm not really certain about the period: some say the head on the observe is Augustus, while others say it's 'just' a Iberian ruler. Nevertheless, these coins were pretty to hold in hand and showed more detail than I could capture with my camera. Celtiberians, Castulo/Kastilo (province of Jaen/Calzona). Denomination: AE29-30, between 200-100BC Observe: head of barehead (unknown) male ruler, looking to the right, circle around. Slightly off-center. Reverse: sphinx (or Pegasus androcephalus) facing right, exergue KA.s.ti.lo in Iberian characters. Star with dot above helmeted head. Weight 21.44g, diameter 30 mm Catalogue Calico.cf. 366-387 Celtiberians, Castulo/Kastilo (province of Jaen/Calzona). Denomination: AE29-30, between 200-100BC Observe: head of barehead (unknown) male ruler, looking to the right. Reverse: helmeted sphinx (or Pegasus androcephalus) facing right Weight 17.48g, diameter 29 mm Catalogue Calico.cf. 366-387
