Bolskan
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Bolskan was an Iberian Iberian Peninsula
city located in the territory of the suessetani Iberians
in NE Spain c65km North of the Ebro river and lies upon the site now occupied by the modern city of Huesca
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The territory occupied by the suessetani was destroyed by the Roman praetor Terentius Varro C., to 179BC, which saw the refoundation of this once Iberian city, with the new name of Osca.
Bolskan is famous for its ancient mint, and amongst its abundant coins are an issue which includes an unidentified Bearded Male Hear facing right on the Obverse, and a Horseman carrying a spear and the name of the city in an Iberian inscription on the Reverse . The coins of Bolskan change from 37 BC when the city is refounded as Osca and include the Latin inscriptions OSCA on the Obverse and DOM. COS. ITER. IMP on the reverse, these are Denari in denomination . Both the coins of Bolskan and Osca are found within the Iberian coin collections of the British Museum
Iberian Peninsula
The Iberian Peninsula , sometimes called Iberia, is located in the extreme southwest of Europe and includes the modern-day sovereign states of Spain, Portugal and Andorra, as well as the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar...
city located in the territory of the suessetani Iberians
Iberians
The Iberians were a set of peoples that Greek and Roman sources identified with that name in the eastern and southern coasts of the Iberian peninsula at least from the 6th century BC...
in NE Spain c65km North of the Ebro river and lies upon the site now occupied by the modern city of Huesca
Huesca
Huesca is a city in north-eastern Spain, within the autonomous community of Aragon. It is also the capital of the Spanish province of the same name and the comarca of Hoya de Huesca....
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The territory occupied by the suessetani was destroyed by the Roman praetor Terentius Varro C., to 179BC, which saw the refoundation of this once Iberian city, with the new name of Osca.
Bolskan is famous for its ancient mint, and amongst its abundant coins are an issue which includes an unidentified Bearded Male Hear facing right on the Obverse, and a Horseman carrying a spear and the name of the city in an Iberian inscription on the Reverse . The coins of Bolskan change from 37 BC when the city is refounded as Osca and include the Latin inscriptions OSCA on the Obverse and DOM. COS. ITER. IMP on the reverse, these are Denari in denomination . Both the coins of Bolskan and Osca are found within the Iberian coin collections of the British Museum