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Message:: [QUOTE="John Anthony, post: 2306051, member: 42773"]I received a couple of coins from a Spanish metal detectorist recently. The first is an AE27 of Castulo. The name of the tribe in this region was Oretans. According to tradition, a local princess named Himilce married Hannibal, securing Castulo's support and protection from the Carthaginians. "In 213 BC, Castulo was the site of Hasdrubal Barca's crushing victory over the Roman army with a force of roughly 40,000 Carthaginian troops plus local Iberian mercenaries. Thereafter the Romans made a pact with the residents of the city — who then betrayed the Carthaginians — and the city became a foederati (ally) of Rome." <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castulo" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castulo" rel="nofollow">-wiki</a> This is great example of these types, with a characteristic Celtiberian bust and the unique reverse that my wife calls the Homer Simpson Sphinx. [ATTACH=full]464023[/ATTACH] Castulo, Hispania Ulterior, c. 165 - 80 BCAE27, 14.2g; Castulo mint.Obv.: Diademed male head right; hand to right.Rev.: Helmeted sphinx walking right, star before; KASTILO in Iberic script below exergual line.Reference: SNG BM Spain 1323-37. I have another coin from the same source, which I'll post later, a large bronze of Colonia Celsa, Augustus.[/QUOTE]