COIN (ROMAN)

A silver Roman denarius of M. Furius Philus, RRC 281/1, mint of Rome (119 BC).

Ruler: Republic
Moneyer: Furius Philus, M.
Denomination: Denarius (Roman Republic)
Material: Silver
Mint: Rome
Obverse: Laureate head of Janus, around, inscription. Border of dots.
Obverse legend: M·FOVRI·L·F
Reverse: Roma standing left, holding sceptre in left hand and crowing trophy with right hand; above, star; the trophy is surmounted by a helmet in the form of a boar's head and flanked by a carnyx and shield on each side. Border of dots.
Reverse legend: ROMA
Dated: -119.0 to 
Weight (g): 2.83
Completeness: Complete
Parish: Restricted Access
District: Rhondda Cynon Taf
County: Rhondda Cynon Taf
Region: Wales
Place known as: Miskin
Discovery method: Unknown
RRC reference: rrc-281.1
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.