COIN (ROMAN)

A Roman Republica denarius serratus of C Naevius Balbus (79 BC), minted at Rome. No mention of control marks, so this is assumed to be RRC 382/1a.

Ruler: Republic
Moneyer: Naevius Balbus, C.
Denomination: Denarius serratus (Roman Republic)
Material: Silver
Mint: Rome
Mintmark: None
Obverse: Head of Venus right, wearing diadem downwards; before, control mark. Border of dots.
Obverse legend: [S·C B]
Reverse: Victory in triga right, holding reins in both hand. Border of dots.
Reverse legend: C·NAE·BALB
Dated: -79.0 to 
Parish: Restricted Access
District: Gwynedd
County: Gwynedd
Region: Wales
Place known as: Llanenddwyn
Discovery method: Unknown
RRC reference: rrc-382.1a
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.