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Dupondius - Galba LIBERTAS PVBLICA S C, Libertas
| Issuer | Roman Imperial Mint |
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| Year | 68-69 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | Bare-headed bust of Emperor Galba facing right, rendered in a naturalistic portrait style characteristic of late Julio-Claudian and early Flavian-era coinage. The emperor's features are depicted with aged realism, including a strong jaw and prominent neck musculature consistent with known portraiture of Galba. The encircling legend runs clockwise around the periphery of the flan. The field shows a green patina with areas of earthen deposits typical of excavated Roman bronze coinage. |
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| Obverse lettering | IMP SER GALBA CAES AVG P M TR P (Translation: Imperator Servius Galba Caesar Augustus Pontifex Maximus Tribunicia Potestas Supreme commander (Imperator) Servio Galba, Caesar, emperor (Augustus), high priest, tribunician power.) |
| Reverse description | Libertas, the personification of Liberty, depicted as a draped female figure standing left in a classical contrapposto pose. She holds a pileus (freedman's cap) in her extended right hand and a long vindicta (rod) in her left hand, both attributes emblematic of the granting of freedom. The senatorial mark of authority S C (Senatus Consultum) flanks the figure in the left and right fields respectively. The legend LIBERTAS PVBLICA arcs around the upper periphery, and the overall style reflects the Roman Imperial allegorical tradition of personifying civic virtues. |
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