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As - Galba LIB AVG S C R XL; Libertas

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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 As = 1⁄16 Denarius
Currency Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215)
Composition Bronze
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
245094
References RIC I# 293
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, laureate and draped, right

Script: Latin

Lettering: SER GALBA IMP CAES AVG TR P

Translation:
Servius Galba Imperator Caesar Augustus, Tribunicia Potestas
Servio Galba, supreme commander (Imperator), Caesar, emperor (Augustus), tribunician power.

Reverse

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

Script: Latin

Lettering: LIB AVG S C R XL

Translation:
Liberatlitas Augustorum, Senatus Consultum, Remissa Quadragesima
Generosity of the Emperor. Decree of the senate. Abolishment of the fortieth (Quadragesima Litium, Caligula's litigation tax).

Mint

Rome (ancient), Italy (?-476)

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (68-69) 

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