Object type
coin
Culture/period
Colonisations
Materials
bronze
Technique
minting
Mint
Ebusus
Production date
-91 / -27
Current location
Centre Interpretació
Archaeological site
Olèrdola. Entrada recinte (sector 01)
Township
Olèrdola (Europa, Espanya, Catalunya, Barcelona, Alt Penedès)
Dimensions
20 mm
Description
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Coin in the Semite series, mint of Ebussus. Obverse: God Bes in a standing position, skirt and hat with feathers on the head. In his left hand he holds a snake and in his right a mace with which he touches his head. On the left, the Neopunic letter aleph. Reverse: border of points with two lines of a Neopunic inscription ‘YBSM and the number 50. A little worn.
It corresponds to the period III, Group XIX of Campo, with the Bes style a. It was found in Sector 01 in the 1987 excavation, medieval blacksmithy.
Ref: CNH, p. 97, no. 58.
© Museu d'Arqueologia de Catalunya - Olèrdola
Omeka ID
2247