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Denarius Jupiter
| Issuer | Eravisci |
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| Year | 75 BC - 1 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | A central globe or orb is depicted in the field, flanked on the left by a rudder and on the right by a thunderbolt, all rendered in a bold, schematic Celtic style consistent with local imitative coinage. Below the central devices appears a pseudo-legend composed of imitative or debased letter-forms that reproduce the appearance of a Roman inscription without forming intelligible Latin text. The design is a barbarous imitation of late Roman Republican reverse types, with the symbolic attributes of Jupiter — the thunderbolt — and of maritime or cosmic authority — the globe and rudder — retained in recognisable though stylised form. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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The Eravisci were a Celtic tribe settled in Pannonia, around the region of modern Budapest, whose coinage closely imitated Roman Republican denarii — so closely, in fact, that their issues circulated alongside Roman originals without obvious disruption. This particular type copies the Jupiter denarius series, almost certainly as a deliberate strategy to facilitate trade with Roman merchants and soldiers operating along the Danube frontier.
The imitation is competent but the silver content variable, which is often the diagnostic tell.