Mint of Turiasu

c. 150 BC/BCE to unknown date

Turiasu was a Celtiberian city, belonging to the Lusonese ethnic group that minted currency in the 2nd and 1st centuries BC. Its name was preserved in Roman times in the municipality of Turiaso, modern-day Tarazona in Zaragoza. The coin production of the workshop included at least six series of emissions in silver and bronze that were carried out approximately between 140 and 70 BC. The legends on Turiasu coinage used the Iberian scrpt. The most common obverses depicted a male head. The bronze series were relatively modest and probably covered the local daily cash demand. However, the silver production of Turiasu was of a disproportionate size for a civic issue. The denarii with the inscription "KaSTu" on the obverse stand out, because they were one of the largest series of coins produced during the republican period in Hispania.They may have been used for the payment of taxes or the financing of armies. The degree of Roman intervention in this process is not known, but this issue seem closely related to the Roman presence.

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c. 150 BC/BCE to unknown date

Turiasu was a Celtiberian city, belonging to the Lusonese ethnic group that minted currency in the 2nd and 1st centuries BC. Its name was preserved in Roman times in the municipality of Turiaso, modern-day Tarazona in Zaragoza. The coin production of the workshop included at least six series of emissions in silver and bronze that were carried out approximately between 140 and 70 BC. The legends on Turiasu coinage used the Iberian scrpt. The most common obverses depicted a male head. The bronze series were relatively modest and probably covered the local daily cash demand. However, the silver production of Turiasu was of a disproportionate size for a civic issue. The denarii with the inscription "KaSTu" on the obverse stand out, because they were one of the largest series of coins produced during the republican period in Hispania.They may have been used for the payment of taxes or the financing of armies. The degree of Roman intervention in this process is not known, but this issue seem closely related to the Roman presence.

Subject ID: 128751

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