As - Galba LIBERTAS PVBLICA S C; Libertas

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 As = 1⁄16 Denarius
Currency	Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215)
Composition	Bronze
Weight	13 g
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 244823
References	RIC I# 73 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.

Obverse

Head of Galba, laureate, right; globe at point of neck

Script: Latin

Lettering: SER GALBA IMP CAESAR AVG P M TR P P P

Translation:
Servius Galba Imperator Caesar Augustus, Pontifex Maximus, Tribunicia Potestas, Pater Patriae
Servio Galba, supreme commander (Imperator), Caesar, emperor (Augustus), high priest, tribunician power, father of the country.

Reverse

Libertas, draped, standing left, holding pileus in right and rod in left

Script: Latin

Lettering: LIBERTAS PVBLICA S C

Translation:
Libertas Publica, Senatus Consultum
Public freedom. Decree of the senate.

Mint

Tarraco, Hispania, modern-day Tarragona, Spain

Comments

Source: Online Coins of the Roman Empire (OCRE)
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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (68-69)

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