COIN (ROMAN)

A silver Roman Republican quinarius of M Porcius Cato (89 BC), mint or Rome, RRC 343/2a or 2b.

Ruler: Republic
Moneyer: Porcius Cato, M.
Denomination: Quinarius
Material: Silver
Mint: Rome
Mintmark: None
Obverse: Head of Liber, right; wearing ivy-wreath; behind, inscription downwards. Border of dots.
Obverse legend: M·CATO
Reverse: Victory, seated right; holding patera in right hand and palm-branch in left hand, over left shoulder; in exergue, inscription. Border of dots.
Reverse legend: VICTRIX
Dated: -89.0 to 
Weight (g): 1.02
Parish: Usk
District: Monmouthshire
County: Monmouthshire
Region: Wales
Discovery method: Unknown
RRC reference: rrc-343.2a
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.