COIN (ROMAN)

A silver Roman Republican denarius of L Lentulus (49 BC), mint of Rome, RRC 445/1a.

Ruler: Republic
Moneyer: Claudius Marcellus, C
Denomination: Denarius (Roman Republic)
Material: Silver
Mintmark: None
Obverse: Triskele with winged head of Medusa in centre and corn-ears between legs. Border of dots.
Reverse: Jupiter standing facing, holding thunderbolt in right hand and eagle in left hand; on far right, harpa. Border of dots.
Reverse legend: LENT MAR COS
Dated: -49.0 to 
Parish: Caerleon
District: Newport
County: Newport
Region: Wales
Discovery method: Unknown
RRC reference: rrc-445.1a
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.