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La serie monetal ‘Bes/palmera’. Una pseudo-ceca en la Hispania Ulterior
David Martínez Chicosubject
ArcheologyUNESCO::HISTORIAPseudo-atelier ; Hispanie ultérieure ; Bes ; palmier ; coinsHispania Ulterior ; Pseudo-mint ; Bes ; palm tree ; dies:HISTORIA [UNESCO]numismáticadescription
This paper aims at studying an unknown coinage from the Iberian Peninsula depicting the Phoenician god Bes on the obverse and a palm tree on the reverse. Due to their imitative characteristics, these coins are attributed to a pseudo-mint located in Hispania Ulterior in the 1st century BC in relation with a dearth of cash in some areas of actual Andalusia. With parallels to the phenomenon of the pseudo-mint of Ebusus, settled in Pompeii, new hypotheses are suggested as regards the situation in Hispania Ulterior, where all the finds originate. The circulation of Ebusian coinage in Campania led to its imitation in Pompeii. We conclude that a similar phenomenon occurred here, although such an autonomous coinage of Phoenician-Punic inspiration was anachronic.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
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| 2018-01-01 |