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Sestertius - Galba and Livia AVGVSTA S C

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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 Sestertius = ¼ Denarius
Currency Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215)
Composition Bronze
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
245132
References RIC I# 332
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, oak-wreathed and draped, right

Script: Latin

Lettering: IMP SER GALBA CAE AVG TR P

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

Reverse

Livia, draped, seated left, holding two corn-ears in right hand and sceptre in left

Script: Latin

Lettering: AVGVSTA S C

Translation:
Augusta, Senatus Consultum
Empress by decree of the senate.

Mint

Rome (ancient), Italy (?-476)

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ND (68-69) 

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