Yup, I knocked-off another one of the dirty dozen!! => *G*A*L*B*A*

Sure, it's a bit big, dirty and rugged lookin' (kinda like my old girlfriends), but I think that it'll fit well into my collection!! ... it's a bit of a poor man's Galba, but a Galba nonetheless ... cha-ching!!!

Oh, and as you know, I have very few collecting-rules, so I'm gonna claim that this is my 9th credit towards my 12 Caesars collection ..... ummm, although I'm sure that there are a few sticklers out there that would claim I shouldn't get official credit for any of 'em?!!

... anyway ...

=> Gimme a "G"

Galba, Æ As
Rome mint
68-69 AD
Struck circa October 68 AD
Diameter: 27 mm
Weight: 10.6 grams
Obverse: Laureate head right
Reverse: LIBERTAS PVBLICA, Libertas standing facing, head left, holding pileus and rod; S-C across field
Reference: RIC I 328




=> oh, and you know the drill by now ... post your "stuff" my friends!!

 

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Sounds reasonable to me! I'm counting this provincial Galba towards 12 Caesars should I decide to assemble a set:



EGYPT, Alexandria. Galba
year 2, CE 68/9
tetradrachm
Obv: ΣEPOVIΓAΛBAAVTOKAIΣΣEBA; laureate head right; LB
Rev: Bust of Roma right, with shield and spear forward; PΩMH
Ref: Emmett 174(2) R1, Milne 325

 

Definition of PILEUS
1
[Latin] : a pointed or close-fitting cap worn by ancient Romans
2
: the convex, concave, or flattened spore-bearing structure of some basidiomycetes that is attached superiorly to the stem and typically is expanded with gills or pores on the underside —called also cap

 

Sweet addition, TIF (I looked at that type during my hunt, but fell in love with my Big Bertha example => both types are awesome!!)

Thanks for posting, Princess

 

I'm going to have to wait to post my modest 'Big Twelve'...since I'm still unable to photograph them---perhaps by next Friday...mostly denarii...including Galba.

 

man, you've gotta get that infamous camera rollin' pretty soon, my friend ... I'm starting to doubt your skilz!!



... just jokes ...

Ummm, I can't wait to see your Big Twelve!! (eecch, I feel dirty)

 

Speakin' of Big Twelve ... ummm, do ya wanna see my version of the 9 Caesars?

Oh, okay ... I'll go get 'em

1) Julius Caesar (*rats*) ....... no example yet (I know, right?)

2) Augustus ... ummm, I happen to have two unofficial types for this cat:



3) Tiberius ... once again, I seem to have two versions that are way-way unofficial ... but yet, they've ticked the box in the stevex6 collection


4) Caligula ... everybody's fav


5) Claudius ... a dirty ol' desert dawg example


6) Nero ... one of my first and perhaps still my favourite coin



7) you guys know him as "The OP Coin" ... Mr. Galba

 

8) Otho (*rats*) ........ yah, as expected I don't have one of these yet

9) Vitellius (*rats-rats*) .... yah, this is a dry-part of this presentation (*awkward*)

10) Vespasian ... thank God, I have one of these



11) Titus ... got 'em (twice, kinda)



12) Domitian ....


=> and dats how we do it in the hood!!

 

Nice one little brother. Galba is not the hardest of the 12, but it's one of the hardest. Congrats.


GALBA
AE Dupondius
OBVERSE: SER GALBA IMP CAES AVG TR P laureate head right
REVERSE: PAX AVGVST, Pax standing, head left, holding branch and cornucopia, SC in fields
Struck at Rome, Oct/Nove 68 AD
13.2g, 27mm
RIC 283

GALBA
AR Denarius
OBVERSE: IMP SER GALBA CAESAR AVG P M - Laureate head right
REVERSE: VICTORIA P R - Victory standing left on globe, holding wreath and palm
Struck at Rome, Oct/Nov 68AD
3.2g, 18mm
RIC 234

 

Terrific Posts!!!

It's not only my camera skills, but my lack of a camera!! LOL Thus, next Friday i hope to buy one that actually works and fits in my budget.

I do have a Tiberius and Claudius file photo that i previously posted:

 

Hey Mikey, I like it (that never gets old, eh?)



Oh, and I love your coin examples ..... oh-oh, and I hope that you do realize that I'm merely pullin' your leg about the camera thingy, right?

Have a great night, my coin friend!!

Cheers

 

QUOTE="stevex6, post: 2136222, member: 44183"]h-oh, and I hope that you do realize that I'm merely pullin' your leg about the camera thingy, right?[/QUOTE]

No problem Buddy, I know you're joking...I just get frustrated in trying to buy coins and buy a camera at the same time

Have a great night Steve!!

 

Here's my one and only Galba. And a second, but only by way of the countermark.

Nero and Statilia Messalina Galba countermark
Nero & Statilia Messalina, Æ27 as, Galba ctmk., 10.54g Nicaea, Bythinia,
O: NERWN K[LAU]DIOS KAISAR SEBASTOS GE, laureate head left, rectangular countermark GALB[A].
R: ME[SSALEIN]A [GYNE SEBASTOY] Statilia Messalina as Securitas seated right.
Obverse die RPC 2057, Reverse die RPC 2061; Listed in Wildwinds as RPC 2061cf, countermark Howgego 591. Unique.

Statilia Messalina was the third and last wife of Nero, empress from 66-68. Her great beauty and intelligence kept her alive during some of the most turbulent years of the early empire.

After several failed attempts to strangle his first wife, Claudia Octavia, to death, Nero divorced her for barrenness and she was forced into suicide. Nero kicked his second wife, Poppaea Sabina who was pregnant at the time, to death. Going into a deep depression (Women, can't live with them, can't live without them!) he found comfort in his new bride, Statilia Messalina. All it took was the forced suicide of her husband and Nero was able to have her all to himself.

She must have been a most clever woman as she survived the revolution and civil war that followed, even being betrothed to Otho before he too met an untimely end. Suetonius reports that of the two letters Otho wrote the night before he committed suicide, one of them was to Statilia.

 

Nice!! => thanks for posting, Nemo (I appreciate the participation)

Cheers

Great coin and cool write-up



oh, and I kinda like that sweet green coin as well (very cool)

 

My pleasure, this was a nice thread with a great OP coin.

 

Yep Nemo---Steve took the words out of my mouth!!

 

Hey @Nemo, have you posted your avatar coin on CoinTalk? If so, I don't remember but I'd love to see the full pictures. What a great obverse!

(Sorry for the hijacking, SteveO!)

 

hey quit wrecking my thread!!

 

Congrats, nice bronzes.

Had a denarius, but liked this tet. better so traded it went. Its been posted before.



Galba (68 - 69 A.D.)
AR Tetradrachm
SYRIA, Seleucis and Pieria. Antioch
O: AYTOKPATWP GALBA C KAICAP CEBACTOC, bare head right.
R: Eagle standing left, wreath in beak, on two laurel branches; palm to left, ETOYC B (date) below.
Antioch Mint
14.4g
26mm
RPC I 4198; Prieur 100; SNG Copenhagen 163a

 

Awesome coin, Mat ... I almost bought an example that wasn't quite as nice as your sweet coin, so I dodged a jealousy-bullet (again, very cool eagle coin)