Una nueva ciudad púnica en Hispania: TGLYT - Res Publica Taglitana, Tíjola (Almería)

Abstract

This article deals with sorne coins which carne into the Museo Arqueológico Nacional among the archaeological materials found in the ancient excavations conducted by L. Siret in Villaricos (Almería). They are copper coins with Neopunic place-namc and they show the existence of a new Punic mint up to now unknown. The transcription s TGL YT induces us to identify this town issuing coins with the res publica Tagilitana quoted in a II century A. D. commemorative tablet found in the area around Tijola (Almería). The extraordinary similarity between the Punic, Latin and present-day name,. makes the attribution easier. The location of the Punic factory should be La Muela del Ajo in Tíjola, an important archaeological deposit occupied between V and II centuries B.C.