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Carteia, Hispania Baetica, c. 44 B.C. - 1st Century A.D.
In 171 B.C., a group of sons of Roman soldiers and Spanish women petitioned the Roman Senate. Although they were of Roman descent they were not Roman citizens, nor were they allowed to marry Roman citizens. The Senate responded by elevating Carteia to a Roman colony and granting around 4,000 Romano-Spanish people a grant of land there. Existing inhabitants were permitted to remain and all inhabitants were given the right to marry Roman citizens and to trade with Romans. This was significant innovation for Rome - the Carteians were the first outside Italy to receive civic status known as the Latin Rights. The Colonia Libertinorum Carteia prospered for another 580 years under Roman rule.RP84138. Bronze provincial semis, Villaronga-Benages 2613, Villaronga 71, RPC I 120, SNG Cop 442, SNG Lorichs 1347, SNG Munchen 210, SNG Tüb -, F, green patina, rough, corrosion, light scratches, Carteia (near San Roque, Spain) mint, weight 4.234g, maximum diameter 20.2mm, die axis 180o, c. 44 B.C. - 1st century A.D.; obverse CARTEIA, head of Tyche right, wearing crown of turreted city walls; reverse fisherman seated left on rocks, holding rod before him in both hands, fish on the line, wearing a wide-brimmed hat, D - D flanking across field at center; ex RBW Collection; very rare; SOLD
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