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Identification and Creation
Object Number
1942.176.133
People
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
Medium
Bronze
Metal
AE
Technique
Struck
Dimensions
11.1 g
Die Axis
6
Denomination
as
Inscriptions and Marks
  • (not assigned): "VII" scratched upside-down at 12:00 on the obverse.
  • inscription: obverse: SER GALBA IMP CAES AVG TR P
  • inscription: reverse: VESTA in exergue
    SC l. and r. low in field
  • Obverse Inscription: SER GALBA IMP CAES AVG TR P
  • Reverse Inscription: VESTA S C
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
Standard Reference Number
RIC I 2, 307 p. 247
Acquisition and Rights
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
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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