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RIC I (second edition) Galba 474

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RIC I (second edition) Galba 474, Sestertius, Bronze, struck at Rome, 68–69 AD. Obverse: bust of galba, laureate and draped, right. Reverse: honos, bare to waist, standing right, holding sceptre in right hand and cornucopiae in left, facing virtus, helmeted, in military dress, standing left, holding parazonium in right hand and spear in left, resting right foot on boar's head. Weight about 22.8 g.
obverse RIC I (second edition) Galba 474
reverse RIC I (second edition) Galba 474
mint Rome weight 22.80g (1)
ruler Galba diameter ⌀ (0)
denomination Sestertius axis 6↕ (1)
material Bronze technique Struck
country Roman Empire dataset OCRE — Online Coins of the Roman Empire
ODC-ODbL
obverse

Bust of Galba, laureate and draped, right

SER SVLPI GALBA IMP CAE AVG P M TR P
reverse

Honos, bare to waist, standing right, holding sceptre in right hand and cornucopiae in left, facing Virtus, helmeted, in military dress, standing left, holding parazonium in right hand and spear in left, resting right foot on boar's head

HONOS ET VIRTVS S C
specimens (2)
British Museum 22.80g 6↕
British Museum (RIC I, 2nd ed.)

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RIC I (second edition) Galba 474 (ric.1(2).gal.474), 68–69 AD. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/ric-i-second-edition-galba-474/ (accessed: 2026-10-08). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA