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Aureus - Galba and Livia DIVA AVGVSTA
| Issuer | Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD) |
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| Year | 68-69 |
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| Currency | Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215) |
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| Obverse description | Laureate and draped bust of Emperor Galba facing right, rendered with distinctive aged portraiture characteristic of the Year of the Four Emperors coinage. The emperor's features are depicted with pronounced realism — heavy jowls, a strong brow, and close-cropped hair beneath a laurel wreath — conveying mature authority. The paludamentum is visible at the shoulder, fastened and falling in folds behind the neck. The encircling Latin legend reads IMP SER GALBA CAESAR AVG, distributed around the full circumference of the field. The die work reflects the varied quality of the Galban mint output, with bold high-relief portraiture typical of aurei struck during this brief but historically significant reign. |
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| Obverse lettering | IMP SER GALBA CAESAR AVG (Translation: Supreme commander (Imperator) Servio Galba, Caesar, emperor (Augustus).) |
| Reverse description | Standing figure of the deified Livia (Diva Augusta), draped in long robes, depicted facing left in the field. She extends her right hand forward holding a patera, the libation vessel associated with sacrificial rites and divine honours, while her left hand grasps a long vertical sceptre — symbols of imperial dignity and divine status. Her head is crowned, likely with a stephane or diadem befitting her posthumous consecrated rank. The reverse legend DIVA AVGVSTA encircles the design, flanking the figure to left and right. A beaded border frames the entire composition, consistent with aureus production of this period, and the overall style links this issue to Galba's programme of legitimation through association with the Julio-Claudian dynasty. |
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