Galba Alexandrian Tet.

Here is a Tet I have eyed for a long while from @Brian Bucklan. It's a very dark/black coin and I couldn't get a good pic, so it's the sellers images.



Galba, (68-69 A.D.)
Billon Tetradrachm
O: ΛOYK ΛIB ΣOYΛΠ ΓAΛBA KAIΣ ΣEBA AYT Bust of Emperor right.
R: : EIPHNH, veiled bust of Eirene (Pax) right, caduceus over shoulder. LA = 1 year, 68 A.D.
22mm
10.21g
Köln 219; Milne 309; RPC 5328; Geissen 219; Dattari 302.

My other Tet of Galba.

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

 

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i'm galbaless still, dang it !

i always like to see some sweet tets mat!

 

Nice! When it comes to Roman Egypt, I often buy coins worse condition than I would otherwise buy and it doesn't bother me like it would for an Imperial.

Here's my only Alexandrian Galba:


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

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Unrelated, last night I began receiving a "site not secure" message when trying to access CoinTalk (Chrome and Safari). Chrome wouldn't let me bypass that nor did I try at first. I went to IsItDownRightNow.com and it said CoinTalk was down for everyone. It's been a rough twelve hours .

This morning I tried again from Safari and bypassed the warning, then saw the thread about the expired certificate problem. I still can't access CoinTalk from Chrome, which is my preferred browser, but an addict does what she must to get her fix!

I bet many regulars are not on CoinTalk right now because of this problem.

 

I accessed the site first through a "secure browser" window provided by my Kaspersky Internet Security. When I found out it was an expired certificate, I bypassed the IE warnings and here we are, TIF, feeling all alone...

 

Thats a lovely Tet, Tif.

And yeah, this error sucks but my chrome was able to bypass it.

 

None of my browsers were able to bypass, I have been in severe withdrawal all day.

 

My ruddy Galba, but I think it is pretty cool...

Roman Imperial
68-69 CE AE Dupondius
SPQR OB CIV SER w/in wreath

 

Nice coin.
This is the first time in about 12 hours that I've been on.

 

Ditto for all of us about the Dark Ages of Access to CT.

 

I've even had the tremors, and my wife said I've been foaming in the corner of my mouth all day.

 

Cool post of coins of Galba Guys !!!

My only example is a denarius:

 

Nice coins Brian and Mikey.

 

Mine is definitely not great, but it was in my price range

 

LOL, JUST like mine was in my price range!

 

Nice additions.

 

Mat: Whoever took that bad Galba/Eirene Tet photo needs to buy a new camera and learn how to use it.

 

Nice, Mat ... that's a sweet billon Tet

Ummm Galba? ... sure, okay (here is an AE As example for ya)

 

Great bronze, Steve.

Haha.

Well it's better then what my attempts were.

 

Alexandria also struck a Roma reverse for Galba in year one LA.