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Semis - Tiberius C CELERE II VI RI M C I C RECTO
| Issuer | Calagurris |
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| Year | 14-37 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A bull's head or bucranium displayed facing, centrally placed within the field, flanked by the Roman numeral II denoting the duoviri. The legend C CELERE II VI RI M C I C RECTO runs around the periphery, naming the local magistrates (duoviri) responsible for the issue at the municipium of Calagurris Iulia. The design is characteristic of the civic bronze coinage struck in the Ebro valley region of Hispania under the Julio-Claudian dynasty. The reverse composition is bold and typical of provincial Hispanic municipal coinage. |
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Calagurris — modern Calahorra in La Rioja — was one of a handful of Hispanic municipalities granted the right to strike bronze coinage under Augustus and into the Tiberian period. This issue names C. Celer as duovir, a local magistrate whose name appears across several denominations from the city's mint, suggesting he held office during a particularly active phase of civic bronze production. Provincial Spanish issues of this type ceased almost entirely by the end of Tiberius's reign, making the window for this coin's striking narrow.