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Aureus - Galba SALVS GEN HVMANI

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Issuer RomeRoman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Emperor Galba (Servius Sulpicius Galba) (68-69)
Type Standard circulation coins
Years 68-69
Value 1 Aureus = 25 Denarii
Currency Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215)
Composition Gold
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
244898
References RIC I# 146
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

Bust of Galba, bare-headed, cuirassed, left

Script: Latin

Lettering: SER GALBA CAESAR AVG

Translation:
Servius Galba Caesar Augustus
Servio Galba, Caesar and emperor (Augustus).

Reverse

Female figure, draped, standing left, right foot on globe, holding patera over altar with right hand and upright rudder with left

Script: Latin

Lettering: SALVS GEN HVMANI

Translation:
Saulus generi humani
Salvation of the human race.

Mint

Rome (ancient), Italy (?-476)

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (68-69) 

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