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COIN
Unique ID: NMGW-767552
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete silver Roman denarius of Galba (AD 68-69), with empress Livia - Galba’s patron in his earlier career - on the reverse.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 68
Date to: Circa AD 69
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 3.23 g
Diameter: 18.5 mm
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NMWPA 2022.33.5
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Completeness: Incomplete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Denarius (Empire)
Denomination qualifier: Certain
Ruler/issuer: Galba
Obverse description: Head of Galba, laureate, right (possibly a small globe under the bust, on the right)
Obverse inscription: IMP GALBA
Reverse description: Empress Livia, draped, standing left, holding patera to the left and sceptre to the right
Reverse inscription: DIVA AVGVSTA
Die axis measurement: 7 o'clock
Status: Regular
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: Wales (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cardiff (Unitary Authority)
District: Cardiff (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: St. Fagans (Community)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: ST0978
Four figure Latitude: 51.49359371
Four figure longitude: -3.3121938
1:25K map: ST0978
1:10K map: ST07NE
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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