CASTULO Spain 150BC Ancient Iberia Authentic Ancient GREEK Coin BULL i119407
CASTULO Spain 150BC Ancient Iberia Authentic Ancient GREEK Coin BULL i119407

CASTULO Spain 150BC Ancient Iberia Authentic Ancient GREEK Coin BULL i119407

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Authentic Ancient Coin of:

Greek city of Castulo in the Ulterior Province of Spain
Bronze Semis 24mm (11.65 grams) Struck mid second century B.C. (circa 150 B.C.)
Reference: ACIP 2119
 Diademed male head right; CN behind, VOC•S•T•F before.
Bull standing right; crescent and CN above, FVL•CNF before, Iberian “KASTILO” in exergue.

Phoenician and Greek contact with Spain stretched back to the Seventh Century B.C. at least; possibly several centuries earlier in the case of the Phoenicians. A lively trade was carried on with the rich mining culture based on the city of Tartessos, but about 500 B.C. the Carthaginians destroyed Tartessos having already taken control of the Phoenician settlements in Spain. Carthaginian pre-eminence in southern and eastern Spain lasted until the time of the Punic Wars between Carthage and Rome. It was from Spain that Hannibal launched his famous invasion of Italy which came so close to destroying the Roman Republic in the infancy of its power. But Hannibal was defeated and Spain became a Roman province (206 B.C.). During the Second Century B.C. Rome gradually extended her influence into the interior of the country and permitted the Iberian tribes to issue a native currency bearing Iberian legends. This coinage ceased with the provincial reforms carried out in 133 B.C. The various civil was in Spain in the First Century B.C. saw the temporary revival of bronze issues from certain mints. It was not until 19 B.C., in the reign of Augustus, that the whole of the peninsula came under Roman control with the conquest of northwestern Spain.

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Castulo was an Iberian town located in the Andalusian province of Jaén, in south-central Spain. Evidence of human presence of since the Neolithic period has been found there. Oretans was the name of the Iberian tribe which settled in the vicinity in the north of the Guadalquivir River beginning in the 6th century BCE. Of tradition, a local princess named Himilce married Hannibal and gained the alliliance of the city with the Carthaginian Empire.

In 213 BCE, Castulo was the site of a Hasdrubal Barca’s crushing victory over the Roman army with a force of roughly 40,000 Carthaginian troops plus local Iberian mercenaries. Thereafter the Romans made a pact with the residents of city -who then betrayed the Carthaginians- and the city became an foederati (ally) of Rome.

Castulo began to lose importance while Andalusia fell under Islamic rule in the Middle Ages. In contrast, the nearby village Linares grew in reputation due to its strong castle – first built as an Arab fortress, then rebuilt by the Chrisitians after the Reconquesta – overlooking the city.

In 1227 its walls were destroyed, and the town was depopulated shortly afterwards.

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YEAR

Struck mid second century B.C. (circa 150 B.C.)
DENOMINATION

Semis
ERA

Ancient
COUNTRY/REGION OF MANUFACTURE

Spain
CERTIFICATION

Uncertified
MPN

Semis Ancient CASTULO Spain 150BC fa

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