COIN (ROMAN)

A silver Roman Republican denarius of Cato the Younger (47-46 BC), African mint, RRC 462/1a.

Ruler: Republic
Moneyer: Porcius Cato Uticensis, M.
Denomination: Denarius (Roman Republic)
Material: Silver
Mint: African Mint
Obverse: Female bust (possibly Roma) right, hair tied with band. Border of dots.
Obverse legend: ROMA M·CATO·PRO·PR
Reverse: Victory seated right, holding patera in right hand and palm-branch in left hand, over left shoulder. Border of dots.
Reverse legend: VICTRIX
Dated: -47.0 to -46.0
Weight (g): 3.6
Parish: Shirenewton
District: Monmouthshire
County: Monmouthshire
Region: Wales
Discovery method: Unknown
RRC reference: rrc-462.1a
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.