Live auction - bga_854597 - HISPANIA - SPAIN - BÆTICA - CARTEIA Unité de bronze CARTEIA
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| Estimate : | 80 € |
| Price : | no bid |
| Maximum bid : | no bid |
| End of the sale : | 26 August 2025 15:41:57 |
Type : Unité de bronze CARTEIA
Date: IIe siècle avant J.-C.
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 22 mm
Orientation dies : 10 h.
Weight : 6,47 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Flan idéalement centré. Des faiblesses et une usure homogène. Revers agréable. Patine sombre
Obverse
Obverse legend : CARTEIA.
Obverse description : Tête féminine à droite, a coiffure tourelée ; légende devant le visage.
Reverse
Reverse legend : D - D.
Reverse description : Neptune debout à gauche ; un poisson dans une main et tenant un trident de l'autre.
Historical background
HISPANIA - SPAIN - BÆTICA - CARTEIA
(1st century BC)
The Latin colony of Carteia, located between the mouth of the Guadalquivir, in the bay of Algeciras, near the municipality of San Roque and the Palomares river, near the peak of Gibraltar was dedicated in 171 BC according to Livy (XLIII, 3). Established on the site of a very ancient city whose foundation would go to Hercules according to Strabo, the Roman and Carthaginian fleets had fought a naval battle there which left Lælius victorious over Adherbal during the Punic Wars. The colony would have been founded by the contribution of four thousand men who would have been freed, hence the name sometimes given to the city of "colonia libertinorum".
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