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Sexi ( xpu, š¤ā¬š¤ā¬š¤ā¬, ), also known as Ex, was a
Phoenicia
Phoenicia () was an ancient thalassocratic civilization originating in the Levant region of the eastern Mediterranean, primarily located in modern Lebanon. The territory of the Phoenician city-states extended and shrank throughout their histor ...
n colony at the present-day site of
AlmuƱƩcar
AlmuƱƩcar () is a Spanish city and municipality located in the southwestern part of the comarca of the Costa Granadina, in the province of Granada. It is located on the shores of the Mediterranean sea and borders the Granadin municipalities of ...
on southeastern
Spain
, image_flag = Bandera de EspaƱa.svg
, image_coat = Escudo de EspaƱa (mazonado).svg
, national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond")
, national_anthem = (English: "Royal March")
, i ...
's
Mediterranean
The Mediterranean Sea is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by the Mediterranean Basin and almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Western Europe, Western and Southern Europe and Anatolia, on the south by North Africa ...
coast.
The Roman name for the place was . Alternative transcriptions of the Phoenician name of the city in Latin include and .
History
The ancient Phoenician settlement, whose earliest phases are unclear, was located southwest of the Solorius Mons (the modern
Sierra Nevada mountain range). From the 3rd-2nd centuriesBC it issued a sizable corpus of
coinage
Coinage may refer to:
* Coins, standardized as currency
* Neologism, coinage of a new word
* '' COINage'', numismatics magazine
* Tin coinage, a tax on refined tin
* Protologism
''Protologism'' is a term coined in 2003 by the American literary ...
, with many coins depicting the Phoenico-Punic god
Melqart on the obverse and one or two fish on the reverse, possibly alluding to the abundance of the sea and also a principal product of the area. The ''
Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World
The ''Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World'' is a large-format English language atlas of ancient Europe, Asia, and North Africa, edited by Richard J. A. Talbert. The time period depicted is roughly from archaic Greek civilization (pre- ...
'' equates ancient Sexi with modern AlmuƱƩcar.
[Richard J. A. Talbert et al (2000). ''Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World'' Princeton University Press. Map 27, B5.]
References
Citations
Bibliography
* .
Archaeological sites in Andalusia
Roman sites in Spain
Phoenician colonies in Spain
AlmuƱƩcar
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