Osca

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family is the head of a man, bare and bearded. Behind it is the word OSCA. On the reverse is a male figure, seated on a curule chair, holding a cornucopia and a spear, over whom a Victory floats with a crown, with the legend P LENT P F SPINT Eckhel points to the bare head, bearded, such as occurs on common denarii of Hispania, and also to OSCA, as that of the noted Tarraconensian ity, and as sufficiently warranting the belief that these denarii were coined in Spain. A similar head, and the same inscription of OSCA, appear on a denarius of the Domitia family
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