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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

3 Related People

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Haines, Geoffrey Colton
British
1899
1981-09-14
Galba
Roman
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69
Rome
Roman;Byzantine;Italian


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