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Sestertius - Galba ADLOCVTIO S C
| Issuer | Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD) |
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| Year | 68-69 |
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| Reference(s) | RIC I#462 |
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| Obverse lettering | SER SVLPI GALBA IMP CAESAR AVG TR P (Translation: Servius Sulpicius Galba Imperator Caesar Augustus, Tribunicia Potestas Servius Sulpicius Galba, supreme commander (Imperator), Caesar, emperor (Augustus), tribunician power.) |
| Reverse description | Galba, clad in military paludamentum, stands right atop a raised tribunal platform addressing his troops in the adlocutio ceremony. An officer stands beside him on the platform; in the foreground, two soldiers face the emperor, one bearing a shield and legionary standard, the other a shield and spear. A horse is positioned between the groups, and behind the platform two soldiers stand right carrying a vexillum and spears; an aquila standard is visible in the field to the front. The scene commemorates Galba's address to his legions and is executed in the formal, multi-figure narrative style characteristic of Julio-Claudian and early Flavian state coinage. The exergue area is plain, with the legend and SC mark of Senatorial authority flanking the composition. |
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| Reverse lettering | ADLOCVTIO S C (Translation: Adlocutio, Senatus Consultum Allocution. Decree of the senate.) |
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