56 | Celtiberian coins

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TURRIRREGINA (Casas de la Reina, Badajoz). As. (Ae. 22.94g / 31mm). 50 BC Anv: Helmeted male head on the right, around vine stems. Rev: Falcata and rodela, between both TVRIRIICINA and Libyan-Phoenician legend. (FAB-2464). VF. Contemporary patina. Limited.

Regardless of the double theory that places this city either in Extremadura or in the current province of Cádiz, we are talking about units of copper with a standard between 22 and 24 grams and that for this same reason, by the metric of ten aces per denarius , we chronologically go to the first half of the 1st century BC They are coinage, therefore, late and that represents on its obverse what in all probability is the goddess Tanit (other sources speak of a male face) surrounded by plant elements, generally vine, while on the reverse the double legend in Latin and Libyan-Phoenician stands out.