Denarius - Galba and Livia DIVA AVGVSTA
Features
| Issuer |
Rome ›
Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
 |
|---|---|
| Emperor |
Galba (Servius Sulpicius Galba) (68-69)
|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 68-69 |
| Value | 1 Denarius |
| Currency | Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215) |
| Composition | Silver |
| Weight | 3.4 g |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Hammered |
| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 244785 |
| References | RIC I# 36 Harold Mattingly, Edward Allen Sydenham, Carol Humphrey Vivian Sutherland, Robert Andrew Glendinning Carson; 1984. The Roman Imperial Coinage / Volume 1. Augustus – Vitellius (31 BC–AD 69) (1923 revised Edition). Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom.Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/) |
Obverse
Head of Galba, laureate, right; globe at point of neck
Script: Latin
Lettering: GALBA IMPERATOR
Translation: Galba, supreme commander (Imperator).
Reverse
Livia, draped, standing left, holding patera in right and leaning left on sceptre
Script: Latin
Lettering: DIVA AVGVSTA
Unabridged legend: Diva Augusta
Translation: The divine empress (Augusta).
Mint
Tarraco, Hispania, modern-day Tarragona, SpainComments
Mass varies: 3.39–3.44 g;
Source: Online Coins of the Roman Empire (OCRE)
Trustees of the British Museum (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)
Source: Online Coins of the Roman Empire (OCRE)
Trustees of the British Museum (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
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| ND (68-69) | |||||||||||||||
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