Very Rare Coin Indigetes People 150BC-100BC Ancient Celtic Iberian Athena Bull

Description: This is an ancient Celtic Iberian coin that is very rare and was minted by the Indigetes people of Ancient Celtic Iberia. The coin features Athena on the obverse and a bull facing right on the reverse. This coin was minted between 150BC-100BC. The Indigetes were an ancient Iberian pre-Roman people of the eastern side of the Iberian peninsula (the Roman Hispania). They are believed to have spoken the Iberian language. They occupied the far north east area of the Iberian Peninsula known as Hispania Tarraconensis, in the gulf of Empúries and Rhoda, stretching up into the Pyrenees though the regions of Empordà, Selva and perhaps as far as Gironès, where the ethnically-related Ausetani could be found. They were divided into four tribes, and the main towns they centered on were: Indika (still unidentified, possibly referring to Empúries or Ullastret), Empodrae (Empúries, an important Greek, Phocaean, and Massaliotan colony), Rhoda (Roses), Juncaria (La Jonquera), Cinniana (Cervià), and Deciana (close to La Jonquera). This land was watered by the Clodianus (Fluvià), the Sambrocas (Muga) and the Tichis (Ter). This district in the Gulf of Empúrias was known as Juncaris Campus. The Indigetes minted their own coins which bore the inscription "UNDIKESKEN" in northeastern Iberian script that is interpreted in Iberian language as a self-reference to the ethnic name of that people: from the Indigetes or from those of undika. In 218 BC they were conquered by Rome during the Roman conquest of Hispania. In 195 BC they rebelled, but the consul Marcus Porcius Cato quashed the rebellion. This coin is a great addition to any ancient coin collection. The coin is extremely worn but also extremely rare. C316

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