Denarius

Arsaos was one of several semi-autonomous Iberian minting authorities operating in the northeastern Ebro valley under Roman oversight following the Second Punic War. The precise identification of Arsaos with a modern location remains unresolved — candidates include sites in Navarre — which has complicated the attribution history of this series for over a century. The long emission window reflects sustained Roman tolerance of indigenous silver coinage in Hispania Citerior during a period when Rome had not yet imposed full monetary uniformity on the peninsula.