Inscribed tombstone

Record number: CHEGM: 1999 6 42

Object name: inscribed tombstone

Description: Tombstone of Legion XX Valeria Victrix. Lower left-hand corner of a rectangular tombstone with raised border.

Period: Roman

Place found: North Wall (West), Chester

Date: 1892

Material: stone

Dimensions: height 26 inches; width 23 inches

Inscription: FLORANVS / MIL LEG X / AN XXX / H F
...] Flor[i]anus[...] mil(es) leg(ionis) X[X V(aleriae) V(ictricis)] an(norum) xxx[... ] h(eres) f(aciendum) [c(uravit)]
... Florianus, soldier of the Twentieth Legion, Valeria Victrix, aged 30. His heir had this set up.
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