I’ve blogged quite a bit about the falcata as a marker of Celtiberian identity on Roman republican coins (maybe I should just publish the stuff on this properly…). I was happy to have this confirmed by Augustan examples from Emerita, such as the specimen above.
What I find strange about this type is the degree to which it reminds me of the design of coins showing sacrificial implements, say the coins of Brutus or those of Piso. At first glance, I thought the center object a patera.
Liv Mariah Yarrow 