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As - Caligula MVN ERCAVICA II VIR C TER SVRA L LIC CRACILE
| Issuer | Ercavica (Hispanic municipal mint) |
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| Year | 37-41 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | Bare laureate head of Emperor Caligula (Gaius Caesar Augustus Germanicus) facing right, rendered in the provincial Hispanic style with broad, rounded features. The portrait is set within a plain field, with the circumferential Latin legend distributed around the periphery of the flan. The effigy displays the characteristic short-cropped hair and laurel wreath of imperial portraiture of the Julio-Claudian period. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Ercavica, a Roman municipium in Hispania Citerior near modern Cañaveruelas, was among the dozens of Spanish mints granted the privilege of striking bronze coinage under the Julio-Claudians — a privilege that expired, for most, under Caligula or Claudius. This piece names its magistrates explicitly: C. Ter. Sura and L. Lic. Cracile served as the local duoviri responsible for authorizing the issue, a level of civic documentation unusual even by the standards of Spanish municipal bronze.
Ercavica struck no further coinage after the Julio-Claudian period, making this among the final issues from the mint.