CASTULO (Spain), IBERIAN As 2nd century BCE -Nice-

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IBERIAN As, CASTULO As IBÉRIQUE, CASTULO As IBÉRICO, CASTULO The Iberian ethnos of the Oretani was placed in the centre-south of the Iberian Peninsula. Practicing the cult of the bull, and offering votives. They produced oil and silver. Castulo (today Cazlona) was founded in the 9th century BCE. It allowed inside a Phoenician colony. During the Punic Wars, it remained over the Carthaginian influence. Himilce, the daughter of the boss, was the wife of Hannibal. In 207 BCE Scipio the African destroyed Castulo by its help to Cartago . During the Sertorius Wars, in 99 BCE the natives killed the Roman garrison. Sertorius escaped, making a hard reprisal. Finally, by its loyalty to Julius Cesar, Castulo was named Castulonenses Caesarii Iuvenalies. Bronze coin is an As . Minted in the middle of the 2nd century BCE . Size 29 mm . Weight 17.38 grams . Reference Villaronga-23 . For more information about Numismatics of older Hispania, you can visit my website / . Obverse : man head at right. Reverse : sphinx at right. In front star. Below Iberian legend KaSTiLO . L'ethnie ibérique des Orétans était placée au centre-sud de la Péninsule Ibérique. Pratiquaient le culte au taureau, et ils offraient votifs. Ses produits étaient œil et argent. Castulo (aujourd'hui Cazlona) va être fondée dans le IXème siècle AV. J.C. Il avait dedans la ville une read more