COIN (ROMAN)

A silver Roman Republican denarius of L Papius (79 BC), mint of Rome, RRC 384/1.

Ruler: Republic
Moneyer: Papius, L.
Denomination: Denarius serratus (Roman Republic)
Material: Silver
Mint: Rome
Obverse: Head of Juno Sospita right; behind, control mark. Bead and reel border.
Reverse: Griffin leaping right; below, control mark. Bead and reel border.
Reverse legend: L·PAPI
Dated: -79.0 to 
Weight (g): 3.24
Parish: Usk
District: Monmouthshire
County: Monmouthshire
Region: Wales
Discovery method: Unknown
RRC reference: rrc-384.1
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.