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Denarius
| Issuer | Eravisci |
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| Year | 100 BC - 1 BC |
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| Composition | Silver |
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| Obverse description | Bare head of Apollo facing right, hair bound with a fillet rendered in flowing locks. A cross symbol and a monogram appear in the field to the left, behind the head. The portraiture reflects a Celtic interpretation of the Hellenistic Apollo type, with stylized facial features characteristic of Eraviscan tribal coinage. The overall design is executed in the bold, somewhat abstract relief typical of Celtic imitative issues of the late Republican period. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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The Eravisci were a Celtic tribe settled in Pannonia along the Danube bend, roughly where Budapest now stands. Their silver coinage is among the most studied of the Barbaric imitative series precisely because it mimics Roman republican denarii with unusual fidelity — suggesting direct, sustained contact with Roman merchants or military personnel rather than second-hand influence. Scholars have dated the series primarily to the late first century BC based on hoard associations, making the full range of 100–1 BC somewhat generous.
The tribe was formally absorbed into the Roman provincial system under Augustus.