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Object Type
Museum number: R1860,1231.5
Denomination: sestertius
Description: Copper alloy coin. (whole); Bust of Galba, laureate, draped, left. (obverse); Honos, bare to waist, standing right, holding long vertical sceptre in right hand and cornucopia in left hand, and facing Virtus, helmeted and in military dress, standing left, holding parazonium in right hand and vertical spear in left hand, resting right foot on uncertain object. (reverse)
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Cultures/periods
Production date: 68
Production place: Minted in: Rome (city)
Materials
Dimensions: Die-axis: 6 o'clock; Weight: 29.79 grammes
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: This reverse, complimentary to the military forces, was used later by both Vitellius and Vespasian.
Bibliographic references: RE1 / Coins of the Roman Empire in the British Museum, vol. 1: Augustus to Vitellius (257, p.357); 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. (454); RIC1 / The Roman Imperial Coinage, vol. 1 (478, p.254)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: emperor/empress; allegory/personification; classical deity
Associated names: Named in inscription & portrayed: Galba; Named in inscription & portrayed: Honos; Named in inscription & portrayed: Virtus
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1860
Acquisition notes: This registration sequence has been used twice in the 1860 register. The second group is distinguished in the register by the use of an asterisk. Here prefixes have been added to prevent duplication.
Department: Coins and Medals
Registration number: R1860,1231.5
C&M catalogue number: RE1 (357) (257)

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