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As with bull NERONKEN

Issuer Elisyces
Year 121 BC - 45 BC
Type Standard circulation coin
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Obverse description Draped bust of a deity facing right, rendered in a local Iberian artistic style with simplified features. The neck and truncation are visible at the lower right, and the hair appears bound or helmeted. The field is plain and unlettered. The flan is irregular and shows typical characteristics of ancient hand-struck coinage.
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Reverse lettering NERONKEN
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Additional information

The Elisyces were a pre-Roman people settled around the Narbonne coastal region of southern Gaul, and their coinage — including this type — was struck during a period of accelerating Roman encroachment that ultimately dissolved their political autonomy well before Caesar's campaigns made the question moot. The "As with bull" series reflects local Iberian and Greek monetary influences absorbed through generations of coastal trade, particularly through Emporion.

LT#2488 places this piece within Blanchet and de la Tour's foundational typology. Copper issues of this region circulated alongside Massalian bronzes and are frequently found in mixed hoards along the Via Domitia corridor.