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Quadrans - Augustus L BAGGIO MN FESTO II VIR C V I CEL
| Issuer | Celsa (Roman colonial mint) |
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| Year | 27 BC - 14 AD |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse lettering | AVGVSTVS DIVI F |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Celsa — modern Velilla de Ebro in Aragon — was one of the earliest Roman colonies in Hispania Citerior, refounded under Caesar and later Augustus as Colonia Victrix Iulia Celsa. The duoviri named on this piece, Baggio and Festus, were local magistrates whose names were stamped on colonial bronze as a form of civic accountability; their appearance here places this issue within the broader Augustan program of reinforcing colonial loyalty through controlled local coin production. Provincial mints like Celsa operated on authorization rather than imperial directive, making the magistrates' names legally significant, not merely honorific.