RIC I (second edition) Galba 238

Typological Description

• Date Range: AD 68 - AD 69
• Object Type: Coin
• Manufacture: Struck
• Denomination: Sestertius
• Material: Bronze

• Authority

  • Authority: Galba

• Geographic

  • Mint: Rome
  • Region: Italy

• Obverse

  • Legend: IMP SER GALBA AVG TR P
  • Type: Head of Galba, oak-wreathed, right
  • Portrait: Galba

• Reverse

  • Legend: ROMA S C
  • Type: Roma, helmeted and draped, seated left on cuirass, holding spear in right hand and resting left on shield
  • Deity: Roma