Yesterday I missed out on all the coins I bid on. Today I won all the coins I bid on. I love almost any ancient coin from Spain and all three of these fit that category. Spain, Corduba Æ Quadrans. Circa 2nd century BC. Head of Venus right; CN IVLI L F Q before / Eros standing facing, head left, holding cornucopiae and torch; [CORDVBA] to right. ACIP 2484; CNH 1. 9.76g, 20mm, 6h. Spain, Sekaisa Æ Unit. Circa 150-100 BC. Bare male head right, wearing beaded necklace; dolphin before, Iberian 'SE' behind / Warrior on horseback right, holding spear; Iberian 'SEKAISA' in exergue. ACIP 1544; CNH 24. 20.84g, 30mm, 7h. Tiberius Æ As of Italica, Spain. AD 14-37. TI CAESAR AVGVSTVS PONT MAX IMP, bare head right / MVNIC ITALIC PERM DIVI AVG, altar inscribed PROVIDENTIAE AVGVSTI in three lines. ACIP 3333; RPC I 65; SNG Copenhagen 417. 13.18g, 29mm, 10h. Post up your Ancient coins from Spain !
Very nice Iberians!! I just picked up this one, delivery yesterday... It's much nicer in hand than I expected. It was hard to photograph, so I've included it from many angles. Punic Iberia, Circa 237-209 BC AE Fifth Unit, Carthago Nova mint Obverse: Male head left (Scipio Africanus??) Reverse: Head of horse right References: MHC 283; Robinson, Punic, Series 8, d; ACIP 610
Augustus coins all struck at Spanish mints: AUGUSTUS AR Denarius OBVERSE: CAESAR AVGVSTVS - Bare head right REVERSE: OB/CIVIS/ SERVATOS - Legend in three lines within oak-wreath, ties inward Colonia Patricia mint 19 BC 3.3g, 17mm RIC 77A, C208 AUGUSTUS Æ 31 Dupondius OBVERSE: PERMISSV CAESARIS AVGVSTI, bare head left REVERSE: COLONIA PATRICIA, aquila between legionary standards Colonia Patricia (Cordoba - spain) 15-14 BC 18g, 31 mm RPC 128, SNG Cop 464 AUGUSTUS Æ 25 As OBVERSE: PERM CAES AVG, laureate head left REVERSE: COLONIA PATRICIA in two lines in wreath Colonia Patricia (Cordoba - spain) 19/18-2 BC 8.07g, 24 mm RPC 129 AUGUSTUS Æ Semis OBVERSE: AVGVSTVS DIVI·F, Laureate head right REVERSE: Q. PAPIR . CAR . Q.TER.MONT.II.VIR.Q., Hexastyle temple with IVNONI inscribed on the entablature, C I IL A among the columns of the temple Ilici (Elche - Spain) After 12 BC 4.9g, 21 mm RPC I 192; SNG Copenhagen 507 AUGUSTUS AE Semis OBVERSE: PERM CAES AVG, bare head left REVERSE: COLONIA PATRICIA, apex & simpulum Colonia Patricia (Cordoba - spain) 19/18-2 B.C 4.08g, 20 mm RPC 130
IBERIA Iberia Castulo Late 2nd C BC AE As 25mm Bust Nose Hand Sphinx Carthage Iberia 218-208 BC AE 13, 1/4 Calco Barcid Military Mint 2nd Punic War Tanit Helmet Iberia - Castulo AE14 Quarter Unit Bust - BOAR w-star 2nd C BCE
Great pickups, @bcuda ... I really like that Quadrans! Spain 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
I forgot this one struck in a Spanish mint: AUGUSTUS (OCTAVIAN) AE Dupondius OBVERSE: CAESAR DIVI F, bare head of Octavian right REVERSE: DIVOS IVLIVS, wreathed head of Julius Caesar right Gallic or Italian mint 38 BC 30mm; 17.90 g CR535/v1, RPC620v
Thanks! And this one just came too... Punic Iberia. Carthago Nova Æ 1/5 Unit Attribution: ACIP 590; SNG BM Spain –; Viola 279 Date: 237-209 BC Obverse: Wreathed head of Tanit right Reverse: Horse's head left Size: 13.66 mm Weight: 1.59 grams
AWESOME! Justin Lee Roman Republic Bronze 1/5 unit, 1.606g, maximum diameter 14.6mm, die axis 0o Carthago Nova mint, weight , 209 - 206 B.C. Obv: bare male head (Scipio Africanus?) left Rev: horse head right Ref: SNG BM Spain 129, Burgos 556 VF, rough, rare Ex: Joe Sermarini, Ancient Forum Coins Comment: In order to force Hannibal to retreat from Italy, Scipio Africanus attacked Carthaginian Spain and took Carthago Nova in 209 B.C. References most often identify this type as Punic, struck before 209 B.C., but they also note that the head is "Roman style." Some authorities believe, as we do, that this type was struck after 209, under Roman rule. Carthaginian coins sometimes depicted Barcid generals. This coin possibly depicts the Roman general Scipio Africanus. The Carthaginian city of Carthago Nova produced a remarkable series of coins in silver and bronze for the Barcid rulers of Spain in the years leading up to the Second Punic War (218-202 BC). The male heads shown on these issues are often interpreted as "disguised" portraits of the Barcids themselves, including Hamilcar, Hasdrubal, and Hannibal, in various incarnations of the Phoenician demigod Melqart. The distinctive features of these portraits lend credence to the theory, though it is not universally believed, and even those who accept the "disguised portrait" theory disagree over which Barcid is depicted on which issues. Carthago Nova fell to the brilliant young Roman commander P. Cornelius Scipio (later Africanus) in 209 BC, and around this time a very distinctive head, with a close-cropped "Roman" haircut and youthful features, suddenly appears on the civic coinage, replacing the previous "Barcid" effigies. This head is quite likely that of Scipio himself. It would have been natural for the Punic celators to switch to a portrayal of the current ruling authority, Roman though he be, and the rarity of the issue in both silver and bronze attests to a brief period of issue, before the Roman Senate quashed any notion of a living person (a youthful upstart at that) being depicted on circulating coinage, albeit outside Rome itself. Carthago Nova SCIPIO Africanus Roman Occupation 209-206 BCE Sear Vol2 6575 Left R
More or less related question: how do you distinguish between Iberian and Celtibirian coins? I've owned a few Iberian/Celtiberians, but the distinction is not quite clear to me.
Good question. I think that a lot of times the term 'Iberian" is used in a general way referring to any coin from the Iberian peninsula (Spain). Actually, the whole place had a complex history with many languages and cultures. This map may help a bit. And a pdf that is quite informative.
Probably Imitatitve Semis Minted in Spain during Punic War Period RR Anon AE Semis 211-207 BCE Saturn S Prow ROMA Sear 766 Craw 56-3
I did not know the answer to your question so I looked around some. Here is a copy and paste with a vague answer to your question. Iberian, Spanish Ibero, one of a prehistoric people of southern and eastern Spain who later gave their name to the whole peninsula. The waves of migrating Celtic peoples from the 8th to 6th century bc onward settled heavily in northern and central Spain, penetrated Portugal and Galicia, but left the indigenous Bronze Age Iberian people of the south and east intact. Greek geographers give the name Iberian, probably connected with that of the Ebro (Iberus) River, to tribes settled on the southeastern coast, but, by the time of the Greek historian Herodotus (mid-5th century bc), it applied to all the peoples between the Ebro and Huelva rivers, who were probably linguistically connected and whose material culture was distinct from that of the north and west. There were, however, areas of overlap between the Iberian and Celtic peoples, as in the Celtiberian tribes of the northeastern Meseta Central and in Catalonia and Aragon.
I'll throw a couple more in the mix: (anyone know what the DD stands for? "Dolphin & da Trident"?) Hispania, Carteia AE Semis, Struck after 44 BC Obverse: CARTEIA, Turreted head of city goddess right. Reverse: DD, Neptune standing left, right leg raised resting on stones, holding dolphin and trident. References: ACIP 2615; RPC I 122 Size: 21mm, 8.74g Ex: Timeline Auctions, February 2019 Auction (3/2/19), Lot #3591 Irippo, Hispania AE24 Semis, Time of Augustus, 27 BC – 14 AD Obverse: Bare male head (Augustus?) right, [IRIPPO] before, all within wreath. Reverse: Female seated left holding pine cone and cornucopia, all within wreath. References: RPC 55 Size: 24mm, ---g
Not mine, unfortunately, it belongs to a friend who asked for help in identifying it. A bronze As, weighing 17.1 gms, Kelse mint (an Iberian settlement about 30 kms south of Zaragoza, on the Ebro River) dating approx 120 to 50 BC. Ob, head of a young male facing right between three dolphins. Rev, a horse galloping right with a rider trailing a palm branch behind him. Underneath a line with Kesel above in Iberian script.