Record number: CHEGM: 1999 6 40

Object name: inscribed tombstone

Description: Tombstone of Legion XX Valeria Victrix. Left-hand portion of a tombstone.

Period: Roman

Place found: North Wall (East), Chester

Date: 1887

Material: stone

Dimensions: height 43 inches; width 19 inches

Inscription: D / G CES / VS TEVRNIC / AN XXX MI / LEG XX VV S / X H F C
D(is) [M(anibus)] G(aius) Ces[ti]us Teurnic[us] an(norum) xxx mi[les] leg(ionis) XX V(aleriae) V(ictricis) s[tip(endiorum)] x h(eres) f(aciendum) c(uravit)
To the departed spirits, Gaius Cestius Teurnicus, aged 30, soldier in the Twentieth Legion Valeria Victrix, of 10 years' service. His heir had this erected.
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