HISPANIA: CARTEIA. Octavian time 27 BC-14 AD.  AE19mm (5.01 gm). 

O: IIII VIT TR, Head of Neptune right. 
R: CARTEIA CMINI CF above and beneath dolphin right. 
Burgos 526.  

Pleasing light-green patina with 
earthen highlights, VF. $450.

Carteia was a punic colony before becoming a roman colony. 

With permission of Tom Cederlind, Auction 150, March 2009.