31 | Celtiberian coins

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ILTIRTASALIRBAN (Lleida). Denarius. (Ar. 3.61g / 19mm). 200-20 BC Anv: Male head surrounded by three dolphins on the right. Rev: Rider with palm and cloak on the right, below Iberian legend: ILTiRTaSALIRBaN. (FAB-1455). VF. Cleaned oxidations. Rare.

The Iltirta currency is one of the most widely distributed throughout the peninsula. Indo-European in character, the first appearance in the history of this people dates back to 219 BC with the march of Hannibal against Rome crossing the Ebro. Later they appear as an ally of the Carthaginians. From the numismatic point of view, after the issuance of the Emporitan imitation drachmas and the Massolite imitation dividers, Ilerda began minting within the Roman organization using the Iberian legend ILTIRTA, with a first issuance of a bronze coin with type de lobo and the metrology used in Tarraco-Cese. During the second century BC there was an important change going to minting only coins with the type of the rider, but when the time of the Sertorian wars (80-72 BC) came under the influence of Cese, and using the type of the wolf and the low weight of those emissions. Finally he ends up minting crude, low-weight issues, always with the wolf type.