RIC I (second edition) Galba 474
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Record status
Individual type · research required
Issuing entity
Roman EmpireRIC I (second edition) Galba 474. 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
- Bust of Galba, laureate and draped, right
- Reverse
- Honos, bare to waist, standing right, holding sceptre in right hand and cornucopiae in left, facing Virtus, helmeted, in military dress, standing left, holding parazonium in right hand and spear in left, resting right foot on boar's head
- Obverse legend
- SER SVLPI GALBA IMP CAE AVG P M TR P
- Reverse legend
- HONOS ET VIRTVS S C
Catalogue references
- RIC / OCREric.1(2).gal.474
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