As - Galba SECVRITAS ROMANI S C; Securitas
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 | 14.1 g |
| Diameter | 28 mm |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Hammered |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 245306 |
| References | RIC I# 506 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
Translation:
Servius Sulpicius Galba Imperator Caesar Augustus, Pontifex Maximus, Tribunicia Potestas
Servius Sulpicius Galba, supreme commander (Imperator), Caesar, emperor (Augustus), high priest, tribunician power.
Reverse
Securitas, draped, seated left on throne, right hand on head, left resting on throne's arm; lighted altar and torch in front
Script: Latin
Lettering: SECVRITAS ROMANI S C
Translation:
Securitas Romani, Senatus Consultum
Safety of the Romans. Decree of the senate.
Mint
Rome (ancient), Italy (?-476)Comments
Mass varies: 13.01–15.17 g;
Diameter varies: 27–29 mm;
Source: Online Coins of the Roman Empire (OCRE)
Münzkabinett, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)
Diameter varies: 27–29 mm;
Source: Online Coins of the Roman Empire (OCRE)
Münzkabinett, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
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| ND (68-69) | |||||||||||||||
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