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Bolskan
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thumb|Silver denarius minted in Bolskan. thumb|Silver denarius minted in Bolskan. Bolskan was an Iberian city located in the territory of the Vescetani (an Iberian tribe) in north-eastern Spain about 65 km north of the Ebro River. It was on the site that is now occupied by the city of Huesca, in the Iberian Peninsula.
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thumb|Silver denarius minted in Bolskan. thumb|Silver denarius minted in Bolskan. Bolskan was an Iberian city located in the territory of the Vescetani (an Iberian tribe) in north-eastern Spain about 65 km north of the Ebro River. It was on the site that is now occupied by the city of Huesca, in the Iberian Peninsula.
The territory occupied by the Vescetani was destroyed by Roman Praetor Gaius Terentius Varro in 179 BC, which saw the refoundation of the once-Iberian city, with the new name of Osca.
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