ROMAN SPAIN
Ancient Coin
AE25
Of
CARMO
c. 80 BC
Obv:
Head of Male right
Rev: CARMO
Two grain ears
23.00 mm
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An interesting and rare ancient coin from Carmo, Roman Spain. Male head on obverse and two grain ears on reverse. This coin comes with display case, stand and attribution label attached as pictured. A great way to display an ancient coins collection! You are welcome to ask any questions prior buying or bidding. We can ship it anywhere within continental U.S. for a flat rate of 7.90$. It includes shipping, delivery confirmation and packaging material.
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CARMO
Carmona, known as Carmo in the time of Julius Caesar (100–44 BC), was a Roman stronghold of Hispania Baetica.
Carmo was founded by the Iron Age native population of Andalusia, which is usually called "Tartessian". The Carthaginian presence on the Costa del Sol must have been the incentive towards urbanization. The walls of Carmo contain traces of Carthaginian masonry. It must have been hard to take, as the city is based on a steep plateau.
After the Roman conquest in the fourth quarter of the third century BCE, and the problematic years after the Second Punic War in which Andalusia had to adapt itself to different rulers, Carmo became an important production center of olive oil. In the two, three first centuries of the Roman Empire, Andalusian oil was transported to the city Rome on a really massive scale.
Roman Spain
The Romans were present in the Iberia peninsula for for over 600 years, from 218 BC to AD 409 and brought about many changes, including the introduction of Rome (romantic) based languages (which is still the basis for all the languages used in Spain except for Basque), a legal system, and strong architectural and engineering skills.
Some of the most impressive relics of the Romans engineering skills in Spain are the aqueduct of Segovia and the bridge across the river Tormes at Salamanca.
The Romans also built roads (34 major roads totalling over 20,000km), which some say were still the best roads in Spain until the early 1900's.
The Romans also introduced irrigation techniques and developed agriculture, particularly olive, wheat, and wine production.
Rome created a united Spain which was to become the pride of the Roman Empire but it took 200 years of fighting to get there - initially with the Cartaginians, then the Celts and Iberians.
Over the two centuries of fighting, various pockets of strong resistance broke out, with the last one ones being in Cantabria and Asturias. Although the Basques were defeated, they were never really romanised in the same way as the rest of Iberia.
The most important Spanish cites in Roman times were probably Mérida, Córdoba, Tarragona, Zaragoza, Cartagena, Cadiz and Gerona, all of which still have Roman relics to see.
Two other changes taking place at this time were the deforestation of Spain and the introduction of Christianity.
Surprisingly, around 35% of Spain is still classed as being forest, but it used to be a much higher figure. During Roman times there was a great demand for firewood and timber. It has recently been suggested that the deforestation of the time was one of the causes of the fall of the Roman Empire, due to it's effect on agriculture, and even the shortage of timber to sure up the silver mines reducing the supply of that precious metal.
Christianity, meanwhile, had been introduced and slowly spread.
