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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sallent, post: 3148337, member: 76194&quot;]As most of you may be aware, I&#039;ve been working on completing a 12 Caesars set...but not just any set. The coins all have to be imperial sanctioned mint products (no unofficial provincial denominations such as tets, drachms, etc, though officially sanctioned provincial minted denarii, sestertii, etc. is ok), must have lifetime portraits, no coins with two emperors or more on them (must be one emperor per coin, and all come combined&nbsp; must come under $3,000.00.</p><p><br /></p><p>When all the restrictions are added together, it&#039;s not such an easy feat, especially when a Caesar portrait alone can set you back easily over $1,200.00, and that still leaves pricy emperors such as Caligula, Galba, Otho, and Vitelius. As of today I had 2 missing emperors, Nero and Galba, and a limit of around $550 to complete the set without violating the $3000.000 challenge limit. Well, scratch one emperor off, Galba, and I&#039;ve still got a little over $300 to make the Nero happen.&nbsp; For the first time in a long time I actually have hope my project goals will all be met. However, to accomplish this feat some sacrifices needed to be made.</p><p><br /></p><p>It has uneven toning, some porosity, some scratches, and other small defects, but it is what it takes to stay on track and prove that my challenge was possible. Despite whatever flaws I can point, the coin does have three good things going for it....(1) a decent little portrait, (2) it is my first quinarius (a denomination which I long neglected), and (3) it is not a common coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]806033[/ATTACH]</p><p>Galba (April 3, 68 CE - January 15, 69 CE)</p><p>Silver quinarius, RIC I 132 (R2), King 1, RSC I 317, BMCRE I 244, BnF III 63, SRCV I 2112, F, bumps, marks, scratches, uneven toning, porous, obverse a little off center, 1.587g, 14.8mm, 240o, Gaul, probably Lugdunum mint, Nov 68 - 15 Jan 69; obverse SER GALBA IMP CAESAR AVG P M T P, laureate head right; reverse VICTORIA GALBAE AVG, Victory standing right on globe, raising wreath in extended right hand, palm frond over left shoulder in left hand; ex Beast Coins; <b>very rare.</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Post any relevant coins.</b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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