COIN (ROMAN)

A silver Roman Republican denarius of L Saufeius (152 BC), mint of Rome, RRC 204/1.

Ruler: Republic
Moneyer: Saufeius, L.
Denomination: Denarius (Roman Republic)
Material: Silver
Mint: Rome
Obverse: Helmeted head of Roma, right; behind, denominational mark. Border of dots.
Obverse legend: X
Reverse: Victory in biga, right, holding reins in left hand and whip in right hand . Line border.
Reverse legend: ROMA L·SAVF
Dated: -152.0 to 
Weight (g): 3.16
Parish: Usk
District: Monmouthshire
County: Monmouthshire
Region: Wales
Discovery method: Unknown
RRC reference: rrc-204.1
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.