COIN (ROMAN)

A silver Roman Republican denarius of Julius Caesar (47-46 BC), African mint, RRC 458/1.

Ruler: Republic
Moneyer: Iulius Caesar, C.
Denomination: Denarius (Roman Republic)
Material: Silver
Mint: African Mint
Mintmark: None
Obverse: Head of Venus right, wearing diadem. Border of dots.
Reverse: Aeneas left, carrying palladium in right hand and Anchises on left shoulder. Border of dots.
Reverse legend: CAESAR
Dated: -47.0 to -46.0
Weight (g): 3.41
Parish: Usk
District: Monmouthshire
County: Monmouthshire
Region: Wales
Discovery method: Unknown
RRC reference: rrc-458.1
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.