ERAVISCAN COINS

Budapest

The Celtic tradesmen allowed the distribution of painted pottery, bronze jewellery, iron tools and agricultural products. Already in the first century BC, silver coins were used as measurements. Besides roman products, denarius (coins) from the Roman Republic also appeared in the Transdanubia, which proves active trade relations with Italy.

On Gellért tér in Budapest a set of about 500 coins were found that contained denarius from the Roman Republic and the time of Augustus, and Eraviscan silver coins modelled after these.

The name of the Eraviscan tribe in the form of RAVIS is found on their coins. The Eraviscan tribe’s coinmaking flourished in the middle and the second half of the first century BC, and the location of the mint is though to have been somewhere around Aquincum according to the archaeological research. These coins imitate the denarius of the Roman Republic times.

Literature

Mócsy András: A római pénz forgalmáról a római uralom előtti Pannoniában. Num. Közl. 60-61 (1961-1962) 15-.

Nagy Tibor: Budapest története I. (Budapest 1971) 73-82.