RIC I (second edition) Galba 242
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Record status
Individual type · research required
Issuing entity
Roman EmpireRIC I (second edition) Galba 242. Denomination: Sestertius. Authority: Galba. Mint: Rome. Source: American Numismatic Society, Online Coins of the Roman Empire.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- Bronze
- Denomination
- Sestertius
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Rome
- Authority
- Galba
Design
- Obverse
- Head of Galba, oak-wreathed, right
- Reverse
- Roma, helmeted and draped, seated left on cuirass, holding spear in right hand and resting left on shield; greave lying on right
- Obverse legend
- IMP SER GALBA AVG TR P
- Reverse legend
- ROMA S C
Catalogue references
- RIC / OCREric.1(2).gal.242
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