Record ID: GAT-1BE580
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Isle of Anglesey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two fragments of a very badly worn Roman silver coin. The obverse shows what appears to be a clean shaven male head facing left. Only the face and the front of the neck have survived, most of the head is missing. There are no other decipherable elements to the obverse and no inscription appears to have survived. The reverse shows what appears to be the pointed prow of a ship or galley with suggestions of oars projecting down on the near side and a 'composite' ram on the front clearly visible. Part of what may be the sail is visible as a series of small raised squares rising above t…
Created on: Friday 5th June 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 1st December 2015
Spatial data recorded.