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ID number: BIRBI-R0987 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Galba; Rome Denomination: Sestertius Place made: Rome Culture: Roman Date made: AD 68 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 3.60 Weight (g): 26.33 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 3505. G. Fallani, 1959. |

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Description: Obverse: Bust of Galba, laureate and draped, r. Reverse: S - C to l. and r., Libertas draped standing l. holding pileus in r. hand and vertical rod in l. hand.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP SER SVLP GALBA CAES AVG TR P (Emperor Servius Sulpicius Galba Caesar Augustus Tribune of the people) Reverse: LIBERTAS PVPLICA (Public freedom).
Bibliography: RIC I 2nd ed. 309
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