COIN (ROMAN)

A Roman Republican denarius of Petillius Capitolinus (43 BC), mint of Rome, RRC 487/2a.

Ruler: Republic
Moneyer: Petillius Capitolinus
Denomination: Denarius (Roman Republic)
Material: Silver
Mint: Rome
Obverse: Eagle on thunderbolt right . Border of dots.
Obverse legend: PETILLIVS [CAPITOLINVS]
Reverse: Hexastyle temple (Capitoline temple); roof is decorated with biga at each side and quadriga at apex; on either side of apex, armed figure; within pediment, uncertain figure; between central four columns, hanging decorations. Border of dots.
Dated: -43.0 to 
Diameter (mm): 19.0
Completeness: Complete
Parish: Restricted Access
District: Powys
County: Powys
Region: Wales
Place known as: Castell Collen
Discovery method: Unknown
RRC reference: rrc-487.2a
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.