Live auction - bga_561816 - SPAIN - CELTIBERIAN - BILBILIS (Valle de Jalon - Zaragoza province) Unité de bronze au cavalier ou as
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Live starting : Type : Unité de bronze au cavalier ou as
Date: c. 150/120 AC.
Mint name / Town : Bilbilis
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 29 mm
Orientation dies : 9 h.
Weight : 11,94 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Flan large et décentré mais très beau portrait au droit ! Jolie revers. Patine vert foncé
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Exemplaire provenant de la collection Guerrero, spécialisée sur le monnayage ibérique, dispersée à Madrid en 2019
Obverse
Obverse legend : UN M DERRIÈRE LA NUQUE.
Obverse description : Tête nue à droite ; dauphin devant le visage.
Reverse
Reverse legend : LÉGENDE IBÉRIQUE BILBILIS À L'EXERGUE.
Reverse description : Cavalier galopant à droite, tenant une lance transversale de la main droite.
Historical background
SPAIN - CELTIBERIAN - BILBILIS (Valle de Jalon - Zaragoza province)
(2nd - 1st century BC)
The Celtiberian city of Bilbilis is located at the confluence of the Jiloca and Jalòn rivers on Valdeherrera. It is mentioned by Strabo (III, 4.13) who reports that the troops of Metellus and Sertorius clashed there. It seems to have been an important production center thanks to the iron mines of Mancayo. The city became a municipality under Augustus (Municipium Augusta Bilbilis) between 13 and 2 BC and the new city was refounded seven and a half kilometers from the Celtiberian city in the Cerro de Bàmbola (Catalayud).
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