COIN (ROMAN)

A silver Roman Republican denarius of M Porcius Laeca (125 BC), mint of Rome, RRC 270/1.

Ruler: Republic
Moneyer: Porcius Laeca, M.
Denomination: Denarius (Roman Republic)
Material: Silver
Mint: Rome
Obverse: Helmeted head of Roma, right. Border of dots.
Obverse legend: X (crossed) LAECA
Reverse: Libertas, crowned by flying Victory, in quadriga, right, holding reins and rod (vindicta) in left hand and pileus in right hand . Line border.
Reverse legend: M·PORC
Dated: -125.0 to 
Weight (g): 2.98
Completeness: Complete
Parish: Restricted Access
District: Rhondda Cynon Taf
County: Rhondda Cynon Taf
Region: Wales
Place known as: Miskin
Discovery method: Unknown
RRC reference: rrc-270.1
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.