COIN (ROMAN)

A silver denarius of Augustus dating to the period of c. 19 BC to 16 BC (Reece Period 1). CAESAR AVGVSTVS reverse type depicting two laurel branches flanking S P Q R  arranged around the clipeus virtutis inscribed CL V. Spanish mint of Colonia Caesaraugusta. RIC 1 (rev.ed.), p.44, no.36a.

Denomination: Denarius (Empire)
Material: Silver
Mintmark: None
Obverse: oak-wreathed head r.
Obverse legend: None
Reverse: two laurel branches flanking S P Q R arranged around the clipeus virtutis inscribed CL V
Reverse legend: CAESAR AVGVSTVS
Dated: -19.0 to 16.0
Weight (g): 1.52
Parish: Restricted Access
District: Monmouthshire
County: Monmouthshire
Region: Wales
Place known as: Usk
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.