Galba 68/69 AD Sestertius Struck late summer of 65 AD IMP SER SVLP GALBA CAES AVG TR P Laureate and draped bust right/ S-C, Victory advancing right, holding wreath and palm, RIC I 313 Excuse the photo's, I am using a Q-scope and trying to learn how to use, might have to go to a digital camera, some one said use an I Phone, but do not own a cell Phone, try to improve photos. Thanks for looking,
Cool catch, @ancient times . My photo skills are not great, but time, practice, and a lotta good & free advice is on this forum! I have posted these before: My only two Galbas (I usually only collect 1 ea Ruler, but I also like Quinarii.) RI GALBA AR Quinarius Lugdunum mint laureate r Victory globe stdng left 15mm 1.5g SCARCE Ex: @Brian Bucklan Galba CE 68-69. AE dupondius 11.1g Rome mint, struck CE 68 SER GALBA IMP CAES AVG TR P - S P Q R OB CIV SER oak wreath RIC 290 Ex: I don’t remember...
Nice, the last month is the first I tried to take pics of coins, you are right coin talk is full of info.
@ancient times Nice! I just got a Galba sestertius too! Galba (68-69 AD) AE Sestertius Obv: SER GALBA IMP CAES AVG TR P, laureate head right. Rev: EX S C OB CIVES SER in four lines within wreath. RIC I 434
Nice coin of Galba. Here are mine. Galba. 68-69 AD. Denarius, 3.50gg. (5h). Tarraco. Obv: GALBA - IM[PERATOR] Head laureate right on globe. Rx: LIB - [ERTAS] - RESTITVTA Libertas standing left, apparently emptying a cup and holding scepter. BM 198, pl. 54.3. RIC 9 (R2), pl. 24 (the BM spec.). Cf. Paris 12, pl.III (apparently no globe below bust). Cohen 133 (120 Fr.). VF. Ex Jyrki Muona Collection. Ex Gemini XIV April 2018 Lot 475. Coin depicted in the Wildwinds.com database. “On the Paris specimen of this coin the scepter on reverse has a thickened upper end, so Cohen thought it was a thyrsus and called the figure Ariadne. On the BM specimen the scepter has no bulge at the end, but Mattingly still followed Cohen in calling it a "thyrsus(?)", and suggested that the figure was a Bacchante, the type perhaps referring to "some kindness that Galba rendered to Spain in the form of removal of restrictions on the culture of vines" (Introduction, p. ccix). It seems more probable that the deity is just Libertas, as named in the legend, and that the cup she apparently empties on several dies, replacing her normal cap of liberty, is merely an engraver's whim or error.” Curtis Clay Galba. AD 68-69. AR Denarius (17mm, 3.51 g, 6h). Spanish mint (Tarraco?). Struck circa April-late AD 68. Obv: GALBA IMP Laureate bust right, [globe at point of bust] Rev: VIRTVS, Virtus standing left, holding Victory in extended right hand, cradling parazonium with left arm. RIC I 31; RSC 333a. Fine, toned Ex: CNG 417, Lot 427 March 28, 2018 (sold for 360.00 plus fees) Ex: CNG 425, Lot: 403. July 25, 2018 Coin depicted on the Wildwinds database Galba, AD 68-69. Denarius, Spain (Tarraco ?), 68. AR 3.25 g. Obv: GALBA - IMPERATOR Laureate head r., globe at point of bust. Rev. VIRTVS Virtus, wearing short tunica, standing l., holding parazonium with her l. hand, on her outstretched r. hand Victoria with palm branch and wreath. RIC 48a (R3) Supplementum Galbianum, Quaderni Ticinesi XII Numismatica E Antichita Classiche 1984. Cf. BMC 341, 194v.; BN III, 36, 34v.; C. 210; RIC 30var. (all with IMP on obv.). Very rare variant. Toned. Small chips on flan. Almost very fine Provenance: Auction UBS, Zurich 49 (2000), 365. Ex: “The Galba Collection” Hess Divo Auction 333, Lot 100 November 30, 2017 Hess Divo Auction 334 Lot 107 May 29, 2018 Coin depicted on the Wildwinds database Galba, 68-69 Denarius Tarraco (?) April to late 68, AR 19mm., 3.33g. Obv: SER GALBA IMP CAESAR AVG PM TR P; Laureate head r. Rev. SPQR / OB / C-S within oak wreath. C 288. RIC 62.(R2) RSC 288 From the M.J. Collection. Ex: Naville Numismatics Live auction 49 Lot 439 May 12, 2019. Coin depicted in the Wildwinds.com database Galba. AD 68-69. AR Denarius (17mm, 3.15 g, 6h). Uncertain mint in Gaul (Narbo?). Struck circa April-late autumn AD 68. Obv: Laureate head right IMPERATOR SER GALBA Rev: Concordia standing left, holding branch and cornucopia. CONCORDIA PROVINCIARUM RIC I 105; RSC 34. Fine, toned, porous. EX: AUKTIONEN MEISTER & SONNTAG, AUCTION 4, LOT 74 11/10/2006 Ex Meister & Sonntag Quick Auction 2007 (25 March 2007), lot 214 EX:.CNG E-auction Lot 353 September 5, 2018 Paid: 118.00 USD Galba AR denarius, VF, Rome mint, ( 3.512g, 19.0mm, 180o), Nov 68 - Jan 69 A.D.; elegant style, light toning on nice surfaces, high-points flatly struck, Obv: IMP SER GALBACAESAR AVG, laureate head right; Rev: HISPANIA (counterclockwise starting on left), Hispania advancing left, draped, poppy and two stalks of grain in extended right hand, round shield and two transverse spears in left hand; RIC I 193 (R2), BMCRE I 16, RSC II 83, BnF III 89, Hunter I 1 var. (no CAESAR, Aug - Oct 68), SRCV I (2000) 2103 var. (same) Ex: the Jyrki Muona Collection; Ex: Forum Ancient Coins Purchased from Forum Ancient Coins August 30, 2016 Coin depicted in the Wildwinds.com database. Best of type in the Forum Ancient Coins Galleries GALBA, A.D. 68-69. AR Denarius (3.38 gms), Rome Mint, ca. A.D. July 68-January 69.. Obv: "IMP SER GALBA CAESAR AVG PM" Laureate bust of Galba facing right; Rev:: Virtus standing facing, holding parazonium upwards and leaning on vertical spear. NGC Ch F, Strike: 5/5 Surface: 4/5. RIC-236 Provenance: From the Graywood Collection. Stack’s Bowers Galleries Auction August 8 2017 Lot 24114 Coin depicted in the Wildwinds.com database. Best of type in the Forum Ancient Coins Galleries
