The John Bargrave Collection
CANCA-B163-2-4-93-RE
Metal Type:copper
Issuing Authority:
Galba, Servius Sulpicius (03-69)
Weight:10.17 g
Diameter:27.95 mm
Mint:Rome (Settlement)
Date:
68 CE - 69 CE
Denomination: as
Obverse Image Description:Head of Galba bare, right. All surrounded by border of dots.
Obverse Inscription:IMP SER GALBA CAES AVG TR P
Reverse Image Description:Vesta veiled and seated, facing left, holding palladium in right hand and sceptre in left.
Reverse Inscription:VESTA in exergue. S C in left and right field.
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Attached People:
John Bargrave (1610-1680) - Collector
Bibliographic Source(s):
The Roman Imperial Coinage: Volume I (Re..., page: 249, no. 375, notes:
Catalogue References
Li Ms E16b
No 34 35 ............................................. 6 : 17
Head of Galba.
IMP. SER GALBACAES AVG. TRP.
Rev: Vesta sitting upon her seat a spear in
in her left Hand. Occo says a Patera held forth
in her Right p. 138 is. Is there not besides
a star * & a crescent ◡.?
S. C.
VESTA.
Bargrave See Entry in Catalog Li Ms E16c 93 Head of Galba
IMP • SER • GALBA • CAES • AVG • TR • P.
Reverse. The Vesta, or Vestal
sitting; in her Right Hand,
says Mediobarbus, a Palladium.
Is it not rather some Vase or
Pusigne belonging to the Goddess, as is
the Staff or Spear in her other Hand?
andAnd may We not suppose the Priestess
to sit here ritually ornamented, as
Apollo's Priest is described in Homer?
Στέμμα τʼ Στέμματʼ ἔχων ὀνἐν χερσἱν ἑκήϐολȣου Ἀπόλλωνος
Χρυσέῳ ἀνὰ σκήπτρῳ ——
Hom: Il. Book 1, lines 14-15 see no. 67
2121 under the Figure is VESTA
Bargrave
See Entry in Catalogue Li Ms E16d No. 93 Head of Galba.
IMP. SER. GALBA CAES AVG TRP.
Rev: Vesta sitting upon her seat
has spear or staff in her left
hand. Occo says a Patera held
forth in her Right
is there not ✶ a star & ◡ a
Crescent over her arm & the
Patera?
S.C.
In the Exergue VESTA.
Bargrave 6 : 13
See Entry in Catalogue
Li Ms E16b
No 34 35 ............................................. 6 : 17
Head of Galba.
IMP. SER GALBACAES AVG. TRP.
Rev: Vesta sitting upon her seat a spear in
in her left Hand. Occo says a Patera held forth
in her Right p. 138 is. Is there not besides
a star * & a crescent ◡.?
S. C.
VESTA.
Bargrave See Entry in Catalog Li Ms E16c 93 Head of Galba
IMP • SER • GALBA • CAES • AVG • TR • P.
Reverse. The Vesta, or Vestal
sitting; in her Right Hand,
says Mediobarbus, a Palladium.
Is it not rather some Vase or
Pusigne belonging to the Goddess, as is
the Staff or Spear in her other Hand?
andAnd may We not suppose the Priestess
to sit here ritually ornamented, as
Apollo's Priest is described in Homer?
Στέμμα τʼ Στέμματʼ ἔχων ὀνἐν χερσἱν ἑκήϐολȣου Ἀπόλλωνος
Χρυσέῳ ἀνὰ σκήπτρῳ ——
Hom: Il. Book 1, lines 14-15 see no. 67
2121 under the Figure is VESTA
Bargrave
See Entry in Catalogue Li Ms E16d No. 93 Head of Galba.
IMP. SER. GALBA CAES AVG TRP.
Rev: Vesta sitting upon her seat
has spear or staff in her left
hand. Occo says a Patera held
forth in her Right
is there not ✶ a star & ◡ a
Crescent over her arm & the
Patera?
S.C.
In the Exergue VESTA.
Bargrave 6 : 13
See Entry in Catalogue