COIN (ROMAN)

A silver Roman Republican denarius of Carbo (121 BC), mint of Rome, RRC 279/1.

Ruler: Republic
Moneyer: Papirius Carbo, Cn.
Denomination: Denarius (Roman Republic)
Material: Silver
Mint: Rome
Obverse: Helmeted head of Roma, right; behind, denominational mark. Border of dots.
Obverse legend: X
Reverse: Jupiter in quadriga, right, holding reins and sceptre in left hand and hurling thunderbolt with right hand . Line border.
Reverse legend: CARB
Dated: -121.0 to 
Parish: Caerleon
District: Newport
County: Newport
Region: Wales
Discovery method: Unknown
RRC reference: rrc-279.1
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.