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The Cessetani were an Iberian people centered around the lower Ebro region, their territory roughly corresponding to modern Tarragona. This issue falls squarely within the period of intensifying Roman administrative pressure following the Second Punic War, when indigenous Iberian mints were producing bronze coinage partly to meet Roman tax and military supply demands — not simply for local exchange. The Romans formalized Hispania Citerior as a province in 197 BC, and Cessetanian issues from this window reflect that uneasy accommodation with Roman fiscal expectations.

CNH#161 places this among the earlier, heavier bronzes of the series before progressive weight reduction became standard across Iberian mints through the late second century.