Aureus - Galba ROMA RENASCENS; Roma and Victory

Features

Issuer RomeRoman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Emperor Galba (Servius Sulpicius Galba) (68-69)
Type Standard circulation coin
Years 68-69
Value 1 Aureus = 25 Denarii
Currency Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215)
Composition Gold
Weight 7.7 g
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
244808
References RIC I# 58
Harold Mattingly, Edward Allen Sydenham, Carol Humphrey Vivian Sutherland, Robert A. G. Carson; 1984. The Roman Imperial Coinage / Volume 1. Augustus – Vitellius (31 BC–AD 69) (1923 revised edition). Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom.

Obverse

Head of Galba, laureate, right; globe at point of neck

Script: Latin

Lettering: SER GALBA IMP CAESAR AVG P M TR P

Translation:
Servius Galba Imperator Caesar Augustus, Pontifex Maximus, Tribunicia Potestas
Servio Galba, supreme commander (Imperator), Caesar, emperor (Augustus), high priest, tribunician power.

Reverse

Roma, helmeted, in military dress, advancing right, holding Victory on globe in right hand and spear in left

Script: Latin

Lettering: ROMA RENASCENS

Translation:
Roma Renascens
Rome born again.

Mint

Tarraco, Hispania, modern-day Tarragona, Spain

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (68-69) 

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