COIN (ROMAN)

A silver Republican denarius of Mn Cordius Rufus (46 BC), mint of Rome, RRC 463/1a.

Ruler: Republic
Moneyer: Cordius Rufus, Mn.
Denomination: Denarius (Roman Republic)
Material: Silver
Mint: Rome
Obverse: Jugate heads of Dioscuri right, wearing laureate pilei; around, inscription. Border of dots.
Obverse legend: RVFVS·IIIVIR
Reverse: Venus standing left, holding scales in right hand and sceptre in left hand, with Cupid perched on shoulder. Border of dots.
Reverse legend: MN·CORDIVS
Dated: -46.0 to 
Weight (g): 3.08
Parish: Llanover
District: Monmouthshire
County: Monmouthshire
Region: Wales
Discovery method: Unknown
RRC reference: rrc-463.1a
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.