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Quinarius - Galba VICTORIA GALBAE AVG, Victory
| Issuer | Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD) |
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| Year | 68-69 |
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| Value | 1 Silver Quinarius = 1/2 Denarii |
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| Obverse lettering | SER GALBA IMP CAESAR AVG P M T P (Translation: Servius Galba Imperator Caesar Augustus, Pontifex Maximus, Tribunicia Potestas Servio Galba, supreme commander (Imperator), Caesar, emperor (Augustus), high priest, tribunician power.) |
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| Reverse lettering | VICTORIA GALBAE AVG (Translation: Victoria Galbae Augusti. Victory of emperor (Augustus) Galba.) |
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Galba's reign lasted seven months before the Praetorian Guard murdered him in the Roman Forum — one of four emperors to hold power during the catastrophic civil war of 69 AD. The quinarius denomination itself was already archaic by this point, minted only in specific political moments when a smaller silver coin carried symbolic weight that the denarius did not. Galba's use of the VICTORIA GALBAE legend was a deliberate propaganda exercise, asserting a personal victory that his short, brutal, and financially unpopular reign never convincingly delivered.