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Unique ID: IARCW-63DAE7CA1
Object type certainty: Certain
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A silver Roman Republican denarius serratus of C Naevius Balbus (79 BC), mint of Rome, RRC 382/1a.
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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.
Current location of find: NMGW, Cardiff
Subsequent action after recording: Part of an extant museum collection
Broad period: ROMAN
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: ROMAN
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Exactly 79 BC
Quantity: 1
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SMR reference number: 42
Other reference: 42//1
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Denomination: Denarius serratus (Roman Republic)
Denomination qualifier: Certain
Ruler/issuer: Republic
Primary ruler qualifier: Certain
Reece period: Period 1 [Pre AD 41]
Mint or issue place: Rome
Mint qualifier: Certain
Obverse description: Head of Venus right, wearing diadem downwards; before, control mark. Border of dots.
Obverse inscription: S·C B
Reverse description: Victory in triga right, holding reins in both hand. Border of dots.
Reverse inscription: C·NAE·BALB
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
Republican moneyer: Naevius Balbus, C.
RRC Identifier: RRC 382/1a
Status: Regular
Status qualifier: Certain
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Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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