COIN (ROMAN)

A silver Roman Republican denarius of L Piso Frugi (90 BC), mint of Rome, RRC 340/1.

Ruler: Republic
Moneyer: Calpurnius Piso Frugi, L.
Denomination: Denarius (Roman Republic)
Material: Silver
Mint: Rome
Obverse: Laureate head of Apollo right; behind, control-mark; below chin, control-mark. Border of dots.
Obverse legend: B
Reverse: Horseman right with palm-branch in left hand and reins in right hand; above, control-mark and control-mark. Border of dots.
Reverse legend: L PISO FRVG[I] R
Dated: -90.0 to 
Parish: Caerleon
District: Newport
County: Newport
Region: Wales
Discovery method: Unknown
RRC reference: rrc-340.1
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.