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Sestertius - Galba HONOS ET VIRTVS S C, Honos and Virtus
| Issuer | Roman Imperial Mint |
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| Year | 68-69 |
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| Currency | Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
| Obverse lettering | SER SVLPI GALBA IMP CAESAR AVG P M TR P (Translation: Servius Sulpicius Galba Imperator Caesar Augustus, Pontifex Maximus, Tribunicia Potestas Servius Sulpicius Galba, supreme commander (Imperator), Caesar, emperor (Augustus), high priest, tribunician power.) |
| Reverse description | Two allegorical figures facing one another in the field. At left, Honos (Honour) stands right, bare to the waist, holding a sceptre in his right hand and a cornucopiae in his left. Opposite, Virtus (Virtue) stands left, helmeted and clad in military dress, holding a parazonium in her right hand and a spear in her left, with her right foot resting upon a boar's head at her feet. The legend HONOS ET VIRTVS appears in the upper field, with the senatorial authority mark S C flanking the figural group in the lower field. |
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