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Aureus (Coin) Portraying Emperor Galba

68 (July)-69 (January)

Roman

Rome

The front of this coin portrays the Emperor Galba, facing right.

On the back an as yet untranslated inscription is encircled by an oak wreath.

Gold

Arts of Greece, Rome, and Byzantium