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AR25 - Galba ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΕΑ
| Issuer | Alexandria (Egypt) |
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| Year | 68 |
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| Reference(s) | Milne 328; Emmett 186 |
| Obverse description | Laureate head of Galba facing right, with realistic portrait features rendered in the Alexandrian style. The legend in Greek characters encircles the effigy, reading ΛΟΥΚ ΛΙΒ ΣΟΥΛΠ ΓΑΛΒΑ ΚΑΙΣ ΣΕΒ ΑΥΤ, giving the emperor's full titulature in Greek transliteration. The regnal year marker L Α (Year 1) appears in the lower field, denoting the first year of Galba's reign. |
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| Obverse lettering | ΛΟΥΚ ΛΙΒ ΣΟΥΛΠ ΓΑΛΒΑ ΚΑΙΣ ΣΕΒ ΑΥ(Τ), L Α |
| Reverse description | Draped bust of the personification of Alexandria facing right, wearing the distinctive elephant-skin headdress, a hallmark of Alexandrian civic coinage. The bust is rendered in a lively, expressive style characteristic of Ptolemaic-influenced Roman provincial art. The reverse legend ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΕΑ in Greek script identifies the city-goddess, encircling the bust in the field. |
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