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Object Type
Museum number: R.10132
Denomination: denarius
Description: Silver coin. (whole); Head of Galba, laureate, right (globe at point of bust). (obverse); Gallia (on left), bare-headed and wearing short tunic, holding transverse sceptre in left hand, and Hispania (on right), holding round shield, parazonium and transverse spear, standing opposed, clasping right hands. (reverse)
State
Authority
Cultures/periods
Production date: 68
Production place: Minted in: Spain; Minted in: Tarraco (possibly)
Materials
Dimensions: Die-axis: 6 o'clock; Weight: 3.39 grammes
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: Personification of the two provinces which supported Galba's revolt.
Bibliographic references: RE1 / Coins of the Roman Empire in the British Museum, vol. 1: Augustus to Vitellius (170, p.338); PCR / Principal coins of the Romans: Volume I: The Republic c. 290 - 31 BC; Volume II: The Principate 31 BC - AD 296; Volume III: The Dominate AD 294 - 498. (449); RIC1 / The Roman Imperial Coinage, vol. 1 (18, p.233)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: emperor/empress; allegory/personification
Associated names: Named in inscription & portrayed: Galba; Named in inscription & portrayed: Gallia; Named in inscription & portrayed: Hispania/Spain
Acquisition name
Previous owner
Acquisition date: 1825
Department: Coins and Medals
Registration number: R.10132
C&M catalogue number: RE1 (338) (170)

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