COIN (ROMAN)

A silver denarius of Octavian dating to the period c. 32 BC to 27 BC (Reece Period 1). IMP CAESAR reverse type depicting Octavian, veiled and togate, ploughing a yoke of ozen to r., holding a whip in l. hand. Mint of Rome. RIC I (rev.ed.), p.60, no.272.

Denomination: Denarius (Roman Republic)
Material: Silver
Mint: Rome
Mintmark: None
Obverse: Laureate head of Apollo, right
Obverse legend: None
Reverse: Octavian, veiled and togate, ploughing a yoke of oxen to r., holding a whip in l.hand
Reverse legend: IMP CAESAR
Dated: -32.0 to -27.0
Parish: Restricted Access
District: Newport
County: Newport
Region: Wales
Place known as: Caerleon
Discovery method: Unknown
Notes: 
This data is sourced from the corpus of work produced by Peter Guest and Nick Wells, entitled "Iron Age and Roman coins of Wales. There are no images to accompany this series and our staff did not identify these coins. Questions about these data should be directed to Dr Guest/ Dr Wells.