As - Octavian L POMPE BVCCO L CORNE FRONT

Celsa — the Roman colony established at modern Velilla de Ebro in the Ebro valley — was granted the right to strike its own bronze coinage following Caesar's reorganization of Hispania, and this as belongs to the magistrate series issued under duoviri whose names appear in the coin's legends. The pairing of local magistrates L. Pompeius Bucco and L. Cornelius Fronto places this issue within a narrow administrative window during Octavian's consolidation of the western provinces before the Augustan settlement of 27 BC.

Colonial bronze from Celsa circulated heavily in the Ebro corridor and worn survivors are far more common than crisp examples.