RPC I, 5347

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 5347
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Galba
Person (obv.) Galba (Augustus)
Issue Year 2
Dating 29 August 68 / 15 January 69
Obverse inscription ΣΕΡΟΥΙ ΓΑΛΒΑ ΑΥΤΟ ΚΑΙΣ ΣΕΒΑ
Edition Σερούϊ(ος) Γάλβα Αὐτο(κράτωρ) Καῖσ(αρ) Σεβα(στός)
Translation Servius Galba Emperor Caesar Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Galba, right
Reverse inscription L Β
Edition (ἔτους) βʹ
Translation of year 2
Reverse design temple of Jupiter on the Capitol in Rome
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 36 mm
Average weight 29.58 g
Axis 12
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
Note F. S. Kleiner, 'Galba and the Sullan Capitolium', American Journal of Numismatics 1 (1989), pp. 71-77.
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ NY: 1944.100.53672
2 2     DS plate 11, no number
3 3     R. Becker coll.