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Sestertius - Galba HONOS ET VIRTVS S C, Honos and Virtus
| Issuer | Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD) |
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| Year | 68-69 |
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| Weight | 22.8 g |
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| Reverse description | Standing figures of Honos and Virtus facing one another in the field. Honos, nude to the waist, stands to the right holding a sceptre in his right hand and a cornucopiae in his left. Virtus, helmeted and clad in military dress, stands to the left, holding a parazonium in her right hand and a spear in her left, with her right foot resting upon a boar's head. The legend HONOS ET VIRTVS appears in the upper field, with the senatorial authority mark S C prominently placed in the lower field, denoting issue by decree of the Senate. |
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| Reverse lettering | HONOS ET VIRTVS S C (Translation: Honos Et Virtus, Senatus Consultum — Honour and Virtue. By decree of the Senate.) |
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| Mint | Rome |
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