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ID number: BIRBI-R0986 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Galba; Rome Denomination: Denarius Place made: Rome Culture: Roman Date made: AD 68-69 Metal: Silver Diameter (cm): 1.85 Weight (g): 3.05 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 1241. W. S. Lincoln & Son, 1930. |

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Description: Obverse: Bare bust of Galba, r. Reverse: Legend in three lines in oak-wreath.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP SER GALBA AVG (Emperor Servius Galba Augustus). Reverse: SPQR / OB / C S ([Awarded by] the senate and the Roman people for saving citizens).
Bibliography: RIC I 2nd ed. 167
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