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Semis - Augustus L AVFID PANSA SEX POMP NIGRO AED C V I CELSA
| Issuer | Colonia Victrix Iulia Celsa (Municipal Mint of Celsa) |
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| Year | 27 BC - 14 AD |
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| Value | Semis (1⁄32) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Four-line inscription within a plain border, reading AED / C·V·I· / CELSA across the central field, flanked by the names of the two aediles L AVFID PANSA and SEX POMP NIGRO distributed around the circumference of the coin. This epigraphic reverse format is typical of municipal bronze coinage from the Hispano-Roman colony of Colonia Victrix Iulia Celsa, identifying the magistrates responsible for issuing the coin and confirming the colonial status of the mint. The lettering is bold and well-spaced, arranged to fill the available field. |
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Celsa — modern Velilla de Ebro in Aragon — was a Roman colony on the Ebro established for veteran settlers, and its municipal mint was among the most prolific in Hispania under Augustus. This semis was issued under the aediles Lucius Aufidius Pansa and Sextus Pompeius Niger, magistrates whose names appear across several denominations of Celsan bronze, suggesting a sustained issuing program rather than a one-off local run. Municipal aediles in Spanish colonies held direct responsibility for weights and measures, making their appearance on coinage both an administrative act and a public declaration of civic authority.