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Æ in the name of Lucius Munatius Plancus
| Issuer | Ruteni |
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| Year | 43 BC - 27 BC |
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| Weight | 3.06 g |
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| Obverse description | Bare or laureate head of a male figure facing right, rendered in a provincial Gallo-Roman style with somewhat schematic facial features. The hair is depicted with incised lines suggesting a wreath or laurel crown above the brow. The overall modeling is bold but summary, characteristic of late Celtic bronze coinage produced under Roman administrative influence. The legend L MVNAT appears in the field, referencing the Roman magistrate Lucius Munatius Plancus, governor of Gallia Comata. The flan is slightly irregular and exhibits an olive-green patina consistent with prolonged burial. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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Lucius Munatius Plancus was Julius Caesar's appointee as governor of Gallia Comata, and it was during his tenure — roughly 43–42 BC — that he founded the colonies of Lugdunum (Lyon) and Raurica (Augusta Raurica). The Ruteni, a Gallic tribe of the Aveyron region, struck bronze in his name during this period of Roman administrative consolidation, a relatively rare instance of a Gallic people issuing coinage that explicitly names a Roman magistrate rather than a tribal authority.