Malaca in Hispania, 150-40 BC., Quadrans, Villaronga, CNH, 17.

Malaca (today Málaga) in Hispania, ca. 150-40 BC.,
Quadrans (16-17 mm / 4,03 g), bronze, axes about medal alignment ↑↑ (ca. 340°),
Obv.: "MLK' " , head of Vulcanus facing right, wearing pointed cap or helmet, tongs before, neopunic legeds MLK' behind, dotted border - cabeza de Vulcano a derecha, con gorro puntiaguado con puntos, delante tenazas, detrás leyenda neopúnica.
Rev.: "SMS" , tetrastyle temple, neopunic legeds SMS below - templo tetrástilo con punto en el frontón y puerta en el centro. En exergo: SMS.
Alvarez-Burgos (1992), 218, 1361 ; AB 1739 ; G.G. 70 ; H. 9-11 pl. XLV ; Villaronga, CNH ("Corpus"), p. 101, 17 ; CMHA 970-971 ; Delgado 15 .

Málaga is a city and a municipality in the Autonomous Community of Andalusia, Spain. With a population of 568,507 in 2010, it is the second most populous city of Andalusia and the sixth largest in Spain. The southernmost large city in Europe, it lies on the Costa del Sol (Coast of the Sun) of the Mediterranean, about 100 km (62.14 mi) east of the Strait of Gibraltar and about 130 km (80.78 mi) north of Africa.
Málaga enjoys a subtropical–mediterranean climate. It has one of the warmest winters in Europe, with average temperatures of 17 °C (62.6 °F) during the day and 7–8 °C (45–46 °F) at night in the period from December through February. The summer season lasts about eight months, from April through November, although in the remaining four months temperatures sometimes reach around 20 °C (68.0 °F).

Málaga's history spans about 2,800 years, making it one of the oldest cities in the world. It was founded by the Phoenicians as Malaka about 770 BC, and from the 6th century BC was under the hegemony of Ancient Carthage. Then from 218 BC it was ruled by the Roman Republic and later the Roman Empire as Malaca (Latin). After the fall of the empire it was under Islamic domination as Mālaqah (مالقة) for 800 years, but in 1487 it came again under Christians rule in the Reconquista. The archaeological remains and monuments from the Phoenician, Roman, Arabic and Christian eras make the historic center of the city an "open museum", displaying its rich history of more than 3,000 years.