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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Hispanicus, post: 2398496, member: 72626&quot;]This is a thread I&#039;ve been waiting for. Ran across it this morning at a cafe near my office and almost had to turn around and go home to post a couple of my own Iberians. Here it goes: </p><p><br /></p><p><b>Iberia, Sekobrices</b></p><p>AE As, 30 mm, 10.55g</p><p>160 BC</p><p>Obv: Male head right with dolphin in front, palm leaf behind.</p><p>Rev: Horseman right, Sekobrices above exergue.</p><p><br /></p><p>This one caught my attention because it is an example of that classic post Carthaginian As that so many of the Iberian cities used. I&#039;ve gone back and forth trying to figure out which culture influenced the design and am now leaning towards the Greeks since the hair and nose on the obverse has a striking similarity to an AR coin shown in JBGood&#039;s post on Thessaly (second OP coin). The curly almost geometric pattern of the hair is very similar as is the rather strong bridge of the nose.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p>[ATTACH=full]493715[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]493716[/ATTACH] </p><p>Coin #2:</p><p><b>Iberia, Castulo</b></p><p>AE As, 30 mm, 15.2g (yeah, its thick and hefty, as real money should be).</p><p>180 BC</p><p>Obv: Diademed male head right; hand before </p><p>Rev: helmeted sphinx walking right; star before</p><p>[ATTACH=full]493717[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]493718[/ATTACH] </p><p>This coin is fascinating for a number of reasons. The first being that Castulo was an ally of Carthage until the Romans paid them off in the 2nd Punic war causing them to switch sides. The second reason is that my paternal great grandfather came from a town very close to where Castulo was located. I&#039;m not sure which culture influenced this design but when my dad went to visit relatives a few years ago he brought back pictures of what appeared to be clay amphorae containing their local &quot;day to day&quot; wine that looked exactly like the clay vessels you would see in a Greek museum. </p><p><br /></p><p>Please post your Iberians![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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