COIN (ROMAN)

A copper-alloy  as of Augustus dating to the period c 25 BC to 23 BC (Reece Period 1). P CARISIVS LEG AVGVSTI reverse type depicting the legend in three lines. Mint of Emerita. RIC I (rev.ed.), p.42, no.20.  

Ruler: Augustus
Denomination: As
Material: Copper alloy
Mintmark: None
Obverse: Bare head right
Obverse legend: CAESAR AVGV TRIB POTEST
Reverse: legend in three lines
Reverse legend: P CARISIVS LEG AVGVSTI
Dated: -25.0 to -23.0
Parish: Restricted Access
District: Monmouthshire
County: Monmouthshire
Region: Wales
Place known as: Llanvetherine
Discovery method: Unknown
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.