COIN (ROMAN)

A silver denarius of Augustus dating to the period c. 18 BC to 16 BC (Reece Period 1). VOT P SVSC PRO SAL ET RED I O M SACR reverse type depicting Mars, helmeted and cloaked, standing left, holding a vertical vexillum in right hand and a parazonium over left shoulder. Spanish mint of Colonia Patricia. RIC I (rev.ed.) p.51, no.150a.

Denomination: Denarius (Empire)
Material: Silver
Mintmark: None
Obverse: Bare head right
Obverse legend: SPQR CAESARI AVGVSTO
Reverse: Mars, helmeted and cloaked, standing left, holding a vertical vexillum in right hand and a parazonium in left hand
Reverse legend: VOT P SVSC PRO SAL ET RED I O M SACR
Dated: -18.0 to -16.0
Diameter (mm): 18.0
Parish: Restricted Access
District: Powys
County: Powys
Region: Wales
Place known as: Castell Collen
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.