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20 Euros Aguntum
| Issuer | Austrian Mint |
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| Year | 2011 |
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| Value | 20 Euros |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A detailed low-relief scene depicting daily commercial life in the Roman town of Aguntum. In the foreground, a merchant or trader is shown with a large wicker basket and an assortment of ceramic amphorae and vessels arranged on a table or counter. Two togated figures stand conversing to the right, with additional figures and Roman architectural structures visible in the background, suggesting a market or forum setting. The inscription AGUNTUM appears in the upper field of the coin, arching along the inner border. The overall composition conveys a vivid and archaeologically informed tableau of Roman provincial life. |
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Aguntum, located near modern Dölsach in East Tyrol, was the only municipium in what is now Austria during the Roman period — a formal status granted likely under Claudius in the first century AD. The site was excavated seriously only from the mid-twentieth century onward, and much of it remains unexcavated beneath agricultural land. Austria's "Römische Städte" silver series, of which this is a part, used coinage to draw attention to archaeological sites with limited public visibility.
A catastrophic flood in the late fifth or early sixth century effectively ended occupation at Aguntum.