Ilipa, Hispania (Iberian Celts) AE32 ca. 170 BCE 

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Ilipa, Hispania (Iberian Celts) AE32 ca. 170 BCE
Ilipa, Hispania (Iberian Celts) AE32 ca. 170 BCE
Ilipa, Hispania (Iberian Celts) AE32 ca. 170 BCEIlipa, Hispania (Iberian Celts) AE32 ca. 170 BCE

Catalogue information

LastDodo number
7248463
Area
Coins
Title
Ilipa, Hispania (Iberian Celts) AE32 ca. 170 BCE
Country
Celtic coins, Roman Empire
Face value
Semis
Year
-170
Variety / overstrike
Era
Roman Republic (509-27 BC)
Head of State
Unknown
Type
Coin
Designer
Unknown
Series
Theme
Fauna (Animals), Fish, Fishery, Granen, Wheat ears
Material
Bronze
Weight
18.6
Diameter
32
Thickness
Punch
Coin alignment
Shape
Round
Obverse
ILIPENSE
Reverse
Edge
Privy mark
None
Mint mark
None
Number produced
Krause and Mishler number
Catalogue number
SNG Cop 148, 149; SNG Munich 277; Burgos 1080; Villaronga 363
Details
Obv: tunny fish right, crescent and star above, and text "ILIPENSE" Rev: Grain ear within circle of dots. Ancient Ilipa is close to modern Seville, Spain. Site of the battle of Ilipa during which Scipio Africanus crushed the Carthaginian army in the Second Punic War (206 BCE), bringing the whole of Iberia under Roman control. Ilipa, Iberian Celts, AE32. ca. 170 BC. 18.64 g. . With permission of iNumis Mail Bid Sale 8, Lot 106, March 2009. Estimate: 500 Euro.