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Object Type
Museum number: R.10133
Denomination: denarius
Description: Silver coin. (whole); Head of Galba, laureate, right (globe at point of bust). (obverse); Hispania, draped, standing left, holding poppy and corn-ears in right hand and round shield and two vertical spears in left hand. (reverse)
State
Authority
Cultures/periods
Production date: 68
Production place: Minted in: Spain; Minted in: Tarraco (possibly)
Materials
Dimensions: Die-axis: 7 o'clock; Weight: 3.35 grammes
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: This coin does not feature in the De Salis registers but is documented as forming part of his collection.
Bibliographic references: RE1 / Coins of the Roman Empire in the British Museum, vol. 1: Augustus to Vitellius (174, p.339); RIC1 / The Roman Imperial Coinage, vol. 1 (21, p.233) (type)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: emperor/empress; allegory/personification
Associated names: Named in inscription & portrayed: Galba; Named in inscription & portrayed: Hispania/Spain
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1860
Department: Coins and Medals
Registration number: R.10133
C&M catalogue number: RE1 (339) (174)

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