Catalog
1/2 Bronze Unit
| Issuer | Ausesken gens |
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| Year | 150 BC - 100 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Edge | Plain |
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| Mintage | ND (150 BC - 100 BC) |
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The Ausesken were an Iberian people of the northeastern peninsula, and their coinage — issued during a period of sustained Roman military consolidation following the Punic Wars — reflects a community navigating between indigenous monetary tradition and the administrative pressure of provincial Roman economics. Relatively little is documented about the Ausesken's specific political arrangements with Rome, and the attribution of their bronzes has been refined repeatedly since the nineteenth century, with ACIP cataloguing representing a significant correction to earlier CNH classifications.