Cerro Lucena 1

Obverse: siur - Prow right; mast and sail above; legend in North-eastern Iberian script; linear border.
Reverse: si - Carrying ring, from which are suspended two strigils and an aryballos; legend around to right in north-eastern Iberian script; linear border.

Physical Description

  • Measurements

    • Diameter: 32
    • Weight: 26.74
  • Axis: 5

Typological Description

  • Object Type: Token

  • Date Range

    • From Date: 150 BC
    • To Date: 90 BC
  • Manufacture: Struck
  • Material: Lead
  • Shape: circle

  • Geographic

Findspot Description

  • Findspot

    • Description: From stratigraphic excavations, 2005-2007, at the Iberian settlement of Cerro Lucena, above Saitabi (modern Xàtiva) in Spain. It was found in room 13, from strigraphic unit SU 3167, which belongs to sub-phase III - the level that covers and seals the floor. Ceramics date the stratum to before the mid first century BC.
    • Findspot: Xàtiva (Spain)

References

Notes

  • Note: The date range is most likely end of the second century/beginning of the first century BC. Die axis is given as 210 degrees. Siur may be a place name, abbreviated to Si on the other side of the token.

Rights

  • CopyrightHolder: University of Warwick
  • License: All images are copyright of their respective institutions (images)

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