URI
https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/4196
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Volume
I
Number
4196
Province
Syria
Region
Syria
City
Antioch
Reign
Galba
Person (obv.)
Galba (Augustus)
Issue
Year 1
Dating
AD 68?
Obverse inscription
ΓΑΛΒΑϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤΩΡ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΟϹ
Edition
Γάλβας Καῖσαρ Αὐτοκράτωρ Σεβαστός
Translation
Galba Caesar Augustus Emperor
Obverse design
laureate head of Galba, right; to right, star
Reverse inscription
ΕΤΟΥϹ ΝΕΟΥ ΙΕΡΟΥ Α
Edition
ἔτους νέου ἱεροῦ αʹ
Translation
of the new sacred year 1
Reverse design
eagle on thunderbolt, left; to left, palm branch
Metal
silver
Average diameter
25 mm
Average weight
14.75 g
Axis
1
Reference
Wr. 57, Prieur 96, McAlee 305
Specimens
6 (1 in the core collections)
Note
It is not clear on several coins whether they are of year A or B: B Fox, 14.26; NY, 14.18; Baldwin stock, 14.87; Philips, NY (15.6.1981), lot 156, 14.40; P 242, 14.69. Altogether 7 coins, from 3 obv. dies.
