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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Geographic - All Periods| > |Iberia| > GB92204
Malaka, Punic Iberia, 175 - 91 B.C.
|Iberia|, |Malaka,| |Punic| |Iberia,| |175| |-| |91| |B.C.|, Phoenicians from Tyre founded Malaka (Málaga, Spain today) about 770 B.C. The name was probably derived from the Phoenician word for "salt" because fish was salted near the harbor. After a period of Carthaginian rule, Malaka became part of the Roman Empire. The Roman city enjoyed remarkable development under a special law, the Lex Flavia Malacitana. A Roman theater was built at this time. After the fall of the Western Roman Empire, it was ruled first by the Visigoths and then the Byzantine Empire (550-621). It was regained by the Visigoths in 621 and ruled by them until the Umayyad Muslim conquest in 711.
GB92204. Bronze quarter unit, Villaronga-Benages 798 (R5), SNG Lorichs 118, Villaronga CNH 21, Alvarez-Burgos 1744, SNG BM Spain 387, VF, green patina, highlighting earthen deposits, some light scratches, slightly off center, Malaka (Málaga, Spain) mint, weight 2.864g, maximum diameter 14.5mm, 175 - 91 B.C.; obverse head of Hephaistos-Vulcan right, bearded and wearing conical cap, neo-Punic inscription MLK behind; reverse star of sixteen rays, eight larger rays and eight smaller intercalated rays, all around a central pellet; ex Mike Vosper; SOLD











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