Roman Imperial coin – HCR21398

Obverse

Inscription:

SER SVLPI GALBA IMP CAESAR AVG P M TR P

Design:

Head of Galba, laureate, right; globe at point of neck

Reverse

Inscription:

SENATVS PIETATI AVGVSTI S C

Design:

Old man, togate, standing left, holding branch in left hand and placing wreath on Galba, standing front in military dress, holding Victory in right hand and branch in left

Information

Period

Roman Imperial

Dynasty

Civil Wars (68 – 69 CE)

Reign

Galba

Person

Galba, 68-69 CE (ruler/authority)

Mint

Rome

Denomination

Sestertius

Material

orichalcum

Technique

struck

Dating

AD 68

Measurements
Acquisition
Additional information
Ticket
References
Credit

Weight (g)

28.13

Axis

Diameter (mm)

Acquisition method

gift

Acquisition collection reference

Major-General W. Yorke Moore Collection

Acquisition date

11/1950

Source

L. Ferrer; Glendining, H.P. Hall Sale Part II 1127, 16/11/1950; Walters and Wells Sale (Lucerne), May 1932; Sotherby's, Major-General W. Yorke Moore Sale 947, March 1889

Acquisition credit

Presented by L. Ferrer, 1950.

Acquisition note

£ (GBP)

Reference

RIC I (first edition) : 158

Reference

RIC I (second edition) : 489

Reference

OCRE : http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.1(2).gal.489

Contributors to this coin record

friday-volunteer, mspencer-brown, cgallacher