The Baesuri were a pre-Roman people of southwestern Hispania, concentrated in the territory around modern Tavira in Portugal. Their coinage in lead — unusual even among Iberian peripheral issues — points to a community operating well outside the mainstream of Roman provincial monetary organization, likely producing fractional pieces to fill a local exchange gap that official copper issues weren't reaching.
The date range spans the final turbulent decades of Republican control in Hispania, including the Sertorian War's aftermath.
The Baesuri were a pre-Roman people of southwestern Hispania, concentrated in the territory around modern Tavira in Portugal. Their coinage in lead — unusual even among Iberian peripheral issues — points to a community operating well outside the mainstream of Roman provincial monetary organization, likely producing fractional pieces to fill a local exchange gap that official copper issues weren't reaching.
The date range spans the final turbulent decades of Republican control in Hispania, including the Sertorian War's aftermath.