- Identification and Creation
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- Object Number
- 1942.176.133
- People
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Galba, Roman (r. 68-69 CE)
- Title
- As of Galba, Rome
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 68 CE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Rome (Latium)
- Period
- Roman Imperial period, Early
- Culture
- Roman Imperial
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/196816
- Physical Descriptions
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- Medium
- Bronze
- Metal
- AE
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 11.1 g
- Die Axis
- 6
- Denomination
- as
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- inscription: obverse: SER GALBA IMP CAES AVG TR P
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inscription: reverse: VESTA in exergue
SC l. and r. low in field - inscription: "VII" scratched upside-down at 12:00 on the obverse.
- Obverse Inscription: SER GALBA IMP CAES AVG TR P
- Reverse Inscription: VESTA S C
- State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
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- Standard Reference Number
- RIC I 2, 307 p. 247
- Acquisition and Rights
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- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, The George Davis Chase Collection of Roman Coins, Gift of George Davis Chase, Professor of Classics and Dean of Graduate Study at the University of Maine
- Accession Year
- 1942
- Object Number
- 1942.176.133
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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- Descriptions
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- Description
- Obv.: Laureate bust of Galba r., draped; around, SER GALBA IMP CAES AVG TR P.
Rev.: Vesta, draped, seated l. on low chair, r. hand holding patera, l. hand palladium; in exergue, VESTA; to l. and r., S-C.
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