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Sestertius with bust of Galba
Roman
Imperial Period
A.D. 68
Mint: Rome
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Diameter: 36.5 mm. Weight: 28.87 gm. Die Axis: 6
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number66.280
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Laureate, draped bust of Galba to right.
SER.SVLPI.GALBA.IMP.CAESAR.AVG.TR.P.
Reverse: Honos stands at left, cornucopia in left hand, long scepter in right, facing helmeted Virtus who holds spear in left hand, parazonium in right, and rests right foot on boar's head.
HONOS ET VIRTVS in ex.: SC
(the P's in the obverse inscription are incomplete)
SER.SVLPI.GALBA.IMP.CAESAR.AVG.TR.P.
Reverse: Honos stands at left, cornucopia in left hand, long scepter in right, facing helmeted Virtus who holds spear in left hand, parazonium in right, and rests right foot on boar's head.
HONOS ET VIRTVS in ex.: SC
(the P's in the obverse inscription are incomplete)
ProvenanceBy 1966: with Münzen und Medaillen A.G., Malzgasse 25, Basel, Switzerland; purchased by MFA from Münzen und Medaillen A.G., May 11, 1966