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Image of specimen #2 |
URI | https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/4196C json ttl rdf xml epidoc |
Volume | I |
Number | 4196C |
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 | bare head of Galba, right |
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 | 14.59 g |
Axis | 1 |
Specimens | 2 (0 in the core collections) |
Note | It is unclear if it is Year A or B. First Galba's tetradrachm encountered with a bare head. Thanks to Richard McAlee. |
Addition | Additional coin-type (post publication) |