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Semis - Tiberius M AEL MAXVMO Q AEL PROCVLO II VIR OSCA
| Issuer | City of Osca |
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| Year | 14-37 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse features a central inscription arranged in three lines within the field, reading II VIR / OSCA, referring to the duoviri (municipal magistrates) of the colonial mint at Osca. Surrounding this central inscription is a circular Latin legend naming the two magistrates responsible for the issue: M AEL MAXVMO and Q AEL PROCVLO. The legend runs along the full circumference of the coin, framed by a dotted border. The overall design is epigraphic in character, consistent with municipal bronze coinage of the Julio-Claudian period in Hispania Tarraconensis. |
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Osca — modern Huesca in Aragon — was one of the few Hispanic cities still issuing bronze fractions into the Tiberian period, a privilege that reflected its status as a Roman municipium with retained magistrate autonomy. The two men named in the legend, the duoviri M. Aelius Maximus and Aelius Proculus, were local magistrates whose second tenure in office the inscription records. This kind of repeated office-holding by the same families is well-documented in Hispanian municipal coinage and points to entrenched local aristocracies managing civic finances under Roman oversight.