RIC I (second edition) Galba 485
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Record status
Individual type · research required
Issuing entity
Roman EmpireRIC I (second edition) Galba 485. 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
- Galba, in military dress, standing left, leaning left hand on spear, gesturing with left hand to kneeled Roma, helmeted with shield and parazonium, holding out child
- Obverse legend
- SER SVLPI GALBA IMP CAESAR AVG P M TR P
- Reverse legend
- ROMA RESTI S C
Catalogue references
- RIC / OCREric.1(2).gal.485
Research required
- Editorial verification required.
- Weight, diameter and mint marks require specimen-level evidence.
- No specimen photograph was found in the recovered reference links.