Metal: Bronze.
Issuing entity: Gades (Cádiz).
Mint: Gades (Cádiz).
Date: Early 1st century BC.
Obverse:
Head of Melqart left covered with lion skin. In front nailed.
Head of Melqart left covered with lion skin. In front nailed.
Reverse:
Two tunas left, between the heads external crescent with central dot, between the tails Phoenician letter 'aleph'. Central point, above it Phoenician inscription MP'L, below it 'GDR.
Two tunas left, between the heads external crescent with central dot, between the tails Phoenician letter 'aleph'. Central point, above it Phoenician inscription MP'L, below it 'GDR.
Weight: 4.7 g -
Diameter: 19 mm -
Axes: 11 h. h.
Described in: CNH, 89, no 58; Vives, 79-6....
Published in:
Ripollès Alegre, P. P., 1982: La circulación monetaria en la Tarraconense Mediterránea, Valencia, p. 223, plate 34, no. 149; Ramón Sánchez, J.J., García Barrachina, A., Verdú Parra, E., Bayo Fuentes, S., 2010: "Catálogo. Antigüedad", in Ramón Sánchez, J.J. (ed.), Monedas. Todas las caras de la Historia. Colecciones numismáticas del MARQ, Alicante, p. 104.
Ripollès Alegre, P. P., 1982: La circulación monetaria en la Tarraconense Mediterránea, Valencia, p. 223, plate 34, no. 149; Ramón Sánchez, J.J., García Barrachina, A., Verdú Parra, E., Bayo Fuentes, S., 2010: "Catálogo. Antigüedad", in Ramón Sánchez, J.J. (ed.), Monedas. Todas las caras de la Historia. Colecciones numismáticas del MARQ, Alicante, p. 104.
Monetary Inventory Number: 106.
Purchase. Enrique Llobregat Collection
Purchase. Enrique Llobregat Collection
