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Unit
| Issuer | Borneskon |
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| Year | 125 BC - 101 BC |
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| Currency | Unit (late 2nd century BC) |
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| Reverse description | Equestrian figure advancing to the right, depicting an armed rider wearing a crested helmet and brandishing a spear held diagonally across the body in the characteristic Celtiberian warrior pose. The horse is shown at full gallop with legs extended. A Celtiberian (Iberian script) legend appears in the exergue below the horse, reading the mint name BORNESKON. The composition follows the standard Iberian bronze denomination type widespread across the Ebro basin during the late 2nd century BC. |
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| Mintage | ND (125 BC - 101 BC) |
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Borneskon was an Iberian settlement whose exact location remains disputed among scholars, though it is generally placed somewhere in the northeastern Iberian Peninsula. The coins attributed to it are identified primarily through their inscriptions in the Iberian script rather than any surviving textual record of the mint itself. Production appears to have coincided with the period of intensifying Roman administrative consolidation following the wars against the Celtiberians, when local communities were permitted — sometimes encouraged — to strike bronze for regional circulation under indirect Roman oversight.
The ACIP classification system, developed by Villaronga and Benages, remains the standard reference for these Iberian issues.