Diameter 35.9 mm
Metal Orichalcum
Mint Rome
Orientation dies 6 h
Rarity R5 - Unique
Type Sestertius
Weight 25.63 g
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GALBA, AD 68-9
AE Sestertius (35.90mm, 25.63g, 6h)
Struck July to August, AD 68. Rome mint
Obverse: SER GALBA IMP CAES AVG TR P, laureate and draped bust of Galba right
Reverse: Victory standing facing, head left, holding wreath in right hand and palm branch in left; S C in fields
References: RIC I 250 var. (obv. leg.), RCV - ; ERIC II - .
Toned orichalcum surfaces. Well struck with a portrait of fine style. This coin is an apparently unique and unpublished obverse legend variant of an already extremely rare type.
Collection : Roman Imperial - the Civil Wars of A.D. 68/9