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RIC I (second edition) Galba 478

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RIC I (second edition) Galba 478, Sestertius, Bronze, struck at Rome, 68–69 AD. Obverse: bust of galba, laureate and draped, left. 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 29.0 g.
obverse RIC I (second edition) Galba 478
obverse: Bust of Galba, laureate and draped, left
reverse RIC I (second edition) Galba 478
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
mint Rome weight 29.04g (2)
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, left

SER SVLPI GALBA IMP CAESAR 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 (3)
BnF (National Library of France) 28.28g
British Museum 29.79g 6↕
British Museum (RIC I, 2nd ed.)

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RIC I (second edition) Galba 478 (ric.1(2).gal.478), 68–69 AD. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/ric-i-second-edition-galba-478/ (accessed: 2026-08-15). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA

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