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Denarius - Galba VICTORIA P R, Victory

Issuer Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Year 68-69
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Value 1 Denarius
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Obverse script Latin
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Reverse description The personification of Victoria depicted as a draped, winged female figure standing left upon a terrestrial globe, holding a wreath in her extended right hand and a long palm branch in her left. The globe beneath her feet symbolizes Roman dominion over the world, while the wreath and palm are traditional attributes of victory and triumph. The encircling legend VICTORIA P R identifies her as the Victory of the Roman People, a propagandistic motif employed by Galba to legitimize his newly seized power. The figure is rendered in a classical style consistent with Julio-Claudian and early Flavian artistic conventions. The reverse design served as a powerful ideological statement during the turbulent succession crisis of AD 68–69.
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Edge Plain
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