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<p>[QUOTE="arnoldoe, post: 2661917, member: 72712"][ATTACH=full]590710[/ATTACH] </p><p>My First Eraviscan coin,</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Types of C. Postumius, after 74 BC; Freeman 24 (17/P), Chitescu 173, cf. Cr-394/1; 2.87g. Both sides somewhat stylized, remnants of correct legend on reverse.</p><p><br /></p><p>"unusual surface with droplets and depressions implying casting, but a "wrapped" edge seam more consistent with a plated piece. The dies are unquestionably Eraviscan, and specimens exist with "normal" fabric. Might this be an ancient forgery, derived from an imitation"</p><p><br /></p><p>Ex Gemini auction IX, (part of lot 763)</p><p>Illustrated in Volume 18, issue no 4 of the Celator. Figure19</p><p><a href="https://community.vcoins.com/the-celator-vol-18-no-4/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://community.vcoins.com/the-celator-vol-18-no-4/" rel="nofollow">https://community.vcoins.com/the-celator-vol-18-no-4/</a></p><p>Illustrated on <a href="http://rrimitations.ancients.info/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://rrimitations.ancients.info/" rel="nofollow">http://rrimitations.ancients.info/</a> as Class B, Group II Pannonian, Eraviscan- E15.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>From the Philip Davis Collection</p><p><br /></p><p>some interesting stuff about the Eravisci</p><p><br /></p><p>Very little is known about them. However, we do know that they were highly cultured. They moved in from the north in about the third or fourth centuries BC. The Eravasci worked with iron, created jewelry and pottery, and even minted their own coins out of silver. Most Celtic societies at this time were barter economies, therefore making the Eravasci distinguishable among other tribes. Despite being immensely cultured, they were quite powerless and minor in the ancient world. They founded Aquincum; this became a major Roman military base and civilian city.</p><p>The Romans conquered and annexed the Eravasci around 12 BC. There, they turned the existing settlement into Aquincum and made it a military and civilian hub.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]590711[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]590720[/ATTACH] </p><p>The Huge number of denarii imported to this region as a result of the slave trade led to local populations making their own Imitations of the Denarii.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="arnoldoe, post: 2661917, member: 72712"][ATTACH=full]590710[/ATTACH] My First Eraviscan coin, Types of C. Postumius, after 74 BC; Freeman 24 (17/P), Chitescu 173, cf. Cr-394/1; 2.87g. Both sides somewhat stylized, remnants of correct legend on reverse. "unusual surface with droplets and depressions implying casting, but a "wrapped" edge seam more consistent with a plated piece. The dies are unquestionably Eraviscan, and specimens exist with "normal" fabric. Might this be an ancient forgery, derived from an imitation" Ex Gemini auction IX, (part of lot 763) Illustrated in Volume 18, issue no 4 of the Celator. Figure19 [url]https://community.vcoins.com/the-celator-vol-18-no-4/[/url] Illustrated on [url]http://rrimitations.ancients.info/[/url] as Class B, Group II Pannonian, Eraviscan- E15. From the Philip Davis Collection some interesting stuff about the Eravisci Very little is known about them. However, we do know that they were highly cultured. They moved in from the north in about the third or fourth centuries BC. The Eravasci worked with iron, created jewelry and pottery, and even minted their own coins out of silver. Most Celtic societies at this time were barter economies, therefore making the Eravasci distinguishable among other tribes. Despite being immensely cultured, they were quite powerless and minor in the ancient world. They founded Aquincum; this became a major Roman military base and civilian city. The Romans conquered and annexed the Eravasci around 12 BC. There, they turned the existing settlement into Aquincum and made it a military and civilian hub. [ATTACH=full]590711[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]590720[/ATTACH] The Huge number of denarii imported to this region as a result of the slave trade led to local populations making their own Imitations of the Denarii.[/QUOTE]
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