GALBA. 68-69 AD. AE As. Spanish mint (Tarraco?), 9.1g, 29mm OBV: SER GALBA IMP AVGVSTVS, Laureate head left. REV: LIBERTAS PVBLICA S-C, Libertas standing left, holding pileus and sceptre. REF: I'm pretty sure I got the details right but I have not been able to find a reference ID. I'm wondering if someone could help me with it.
Great Galba score, my friend ... sadly, I don't have an example of this dude "yet" => it has sweet green eye-appeal (a bit difficult to see all of the details, but obviously this ruler's coins become quite pricey as the details start to come into focus!!) Congrats, Daryl (man, you must be knockin' on 100-Ruler pretty soon, eh?) Cheers
Interesting coin Gil, but I haven't been able to locate a reference for it either. From the image it's hard to tell what is on the reverse, so I've been searching based on your description. But no luck yet. Here are a couple of my Galba's: 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
look at this one on vcoins GG...says ric 69? http://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/kla..._dec_ad_68___very_rare_ef/411246/Default.aspx
In my copy of RIC Volume I Revised, this appears to be RIC 460 ROME, not Tarraco. Here's the description: 14 Ga Libertas Publica s - c to l.and r. Libertas, dr., stg. l. r. holding pileus, l. vertical rod. The "14" is obverse legend SER GALBA IMP AVGVSTVS The "Ga" is Laureate, left facing. The frequency is "R"
I do not have the revised RIC but I would never guess that style was Rome. Bing's is. The old school answer would be Lugdunum with the ball at the point of the bust but I'm sure much study has gone into it since then. I Don't see myself buying many Galbas so I have not made any effort to keep up. My sestertius looks like a long carried pocket piece. I bought it long, long ago (1990) from CNG X lot 764 for more than I'd pay today. This as strikes me as Rome mint.
Hello, I only have this one from Spain, I sold my Tarraco Galba a while back, this one is very thin but large, strange coin.
Oh yeah, getting close to that 100 Roman Imperial milestone. After my Maximinus Fouree comes in, I'll have 99.
Thanks a lot for looking. I agree, the reverse is in bad shape, I'm pretty sure it's Libertas. It's possible I could be wrong, of course.
That's really close but not quite on. The obverse legend is different. SER GALBA-IMP AVG . Mine is SER GALBA IMP AVGVSTVS or SER GALBA AVGVSTVS.
It's possible that you could be right that it's not Tarraco. I put a question mark there but I have seen coins with the ball at the bottom of the head portrait for Tarraco. I haven't seen any for Lugdunum but it is possible because other emperors have the ball there that came from Lugdunum. Other people at another forum have said it could be Tarraco. I think Doug is right that the style doesn't look like Rome but that does not rule it out completely. I really do appreciate you helping me out with this coin.
You're correct, it appears that it's also possibly (and maybe even likely) to be RIC 71 -- Tarraco. As far as I can determine, the only feature distinguishing between RIC 71 and RIC 460 (other than style, which is difficult to clearly differentiate on this coin) is the globe at the point of the bust. Note that RIC 69 has only the legend SER GALBA IMP AVG, so if yours has the full legend SER GALBA IMP AVGVSTVS (which it appears to have) then it's most likely RIC 71 assuming that the blob on the point of the bust is a globe and not an artifact.
GALBA. 68-69 AD. AE As. Tarraco mint., 9.1g, 29mm OBV: SER GALBA IMP AVGVSTVS, Laureate head left, globe at point of head portrait. REV: LIBERTAS PVBLICA S-C, Libertas standing left, holding pileus and sceptre. REF: RIC I 71 I'm totally convinced this is the right RIC reference for the coin now. Thank you so much for the help. I found another example of the same coin here. http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.1(2).gal.71
