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| Issuer | Arsaos |
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| Year | 133 BC - 72 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Bare male head facing right, rendered in the Ibero-Roman style with boldly engraved curly hair arranged in tight spiral ringlets across the crown. A short, dotted beard articulates the lower face, lending the portrait a vigorous, naturalistic character. A dolphin is depicted before the face in the field, while a plough symbol appears behind the head, both serving as civic or ethnic emblems of the issuing community. |
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| Reverse lettering | ARSAOS |
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| Additional information |
Arsaos was a Celtiberian city whose exact location remains unidentified — one of several autonomous mints operating in the Ebro valley region during the period of Roman consolidation following the Sertorian War. The prolonged date range reflects scholarly uncertainty rather than confirmed continuous output; production likely clustered around specific political moments rather than spanning six uninterrupted decades.
The ACIP attribution places this among the later Celtiberian bronze issues struck before Rome systematically suppressed indigenous coinage across Hispania Citerior.