Catalog
Denarius
| Issuer | Eravisci |
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| Year | 61 BC - 1 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Bare head of Apollo facing right, rendered in the Celtic imitative style derived from Roman Republican prototypes; the hair is elaborately rendered with fine engraved striations swept back and falling in long braided locks behind the neck. A fillet binds the hair across the crown, and a stylised wreath or circular floral symbol is depicted behind the head in the left field. The portrait displays the simplified yet energetic line-work characteristic of Eraviscian Celtic coinage, with a pronounced nose and strong facial profile. The border consists of a beaded ring. |
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| Mintage | ND (61 BC - 1 BC) |
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The Eravisci were a Celtic tribe settled in Pannonia, in the region around modern Budapest, whose coinage closely imitated contemporary Roman Republican denarii — so closely, in fact, that their issues long went unrecognized as local imitations rather than Roman mint products. The copying was deliberate and functional: Roman silver circulated heavily in the region, and a coin that looked Roman passed without friction in cross-cultural trade.
Stylistic drift between the Roman prototype and the Eraviscian copy is the primary diagnostic, with legends often garbled or compressed by die-cutters working from visual templates rather than literacy in Latin.