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| Issuer | Alexandria (Egypt) |
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| Year | 68 |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Obverse description | Laureate and draped bust of Emperor Galba facing right, rendered in the Alexandrian provincial style with characteristic Greek artistic conventions. The encircling legend in Greek characters gives the emperor's full titulature, reading ΛΟΥΚ ΛΙΒ ΣΟΥΛΠ ΓΑΛΒΑ ΚΑΙΣ ΣΕΒ ΑΥΤ (Lucius Livius Sulpicius Galba Caesar Augustus). The regnal date L Α (Year 1) appears in the field, denoting the first year of Galba's reign as reckoned by the Alexandrian calendar. |
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| Obverse lettering | ΛΟΥΚ ΛΙΒ ΣΟΥΛΠ ΓΑΛΒΑ ΚΑΙΣ ΣΕΒ ΑΥ(Τ), L Α |
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| Reverse script | Greek |
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