Sestertius - Galba SENATVS PIETATI AVGVSTI S C; Victory
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 Sestertius = ¼ Denarius |
| Currency | Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215) |
| Composition | Bronze |
| Weight | 26.18 g |
| Diameter | 35 mm |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Hammered |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 245288 |
| References | RIC I# 489 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 SVLPI GALBA IMP CAESAR AVG P M TR P
Unabridged legend: Servius Sulpicius Galba Imperator Caesar Augustus, Pontifex Maximus, Tribunicia Potestate [indutus]
Translation: Servius Sulpicius Galba, supreme commander (Imperator), Caesar, emperor (Augustus), high priest, bearing the tribunician power.
Reverse
Old man togate (allegory of the Senate), standing left, holding branch in in left hand and placing wreath on Galba, standing front in military dress, holding Victory in right hand and branch in left
Script: Latin
Lettering:
SENATVS PIETATI AVGVSTI
S C
Unabridged legend:
Senatus Pietati Augusti
Senatus Consulto
Translation:
The Senate to the piety of the emperor.
By decree of the Senate.
Mint
Rome (ancient), Italy (?-476)Comments
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
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