COIN (ROMAN)

A silver Roman Republican denarius of M Mettius (44 BC), mint of Rome, RRC 480/2a.

Ruler: Republic
Moneyer: Mettius, M.
Denomination: Denarius (Roman Republic)
Material: Silver
Mint: Rome
Obverse: Wreathed head of Caesar right; behind, lituus curved to left; around, inscription. Border of dots.
Obverse legend: CAESAR·DICT·QVART
Reverse: Juno Sospita in biga right, holding reins and shield in left hand and spear in right hand. Border of dots.
Reverse legend: M·METTIVS
Dated: -44.0 to 
Parish: Caerleon
District: Newport
County: Newport
Region: Wales
Discovery method: Unknown
RRC reference: rrc-480.2a
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.