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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Orfew, post: 3751563, member: 74968&quot;]Nice coin of Galba. Here are mine.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Galba.&nbsp; </b>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.&nbsp; </p><p><i>Ex Jyrki Muona Collection.</i></p><p>Ex Gemini XIV April 2018 Lot 475.</p><p>Coin depicted in the Wildwinds.com database.</p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>“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 &quot;thyrsus(?)&quot;, and suggested that the figure was a Bacchante, the type perhaps referring to &quot;some kindness that Galba rendered to Spain in the form of removal of restrictions on the culture of vines&quot; (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&#039;s whim or error.” Curtis Clay</i></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1005954[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Galba. AD 68-69. AR Denarius </p><p>(17mm, 3.51 g, 6h). </p><p>Spanish mint (Tarraco?). </p><p>Struck circa April-late AD 68.</p><p>Obv:&nbsp; GALBA IMP Laureate bust right, [globe at point of bust] </p><p>Rev: VIRTVS, Virtus standing left, holding Victory in extended right hand, cradling parazonium with left arm. </p><p>RIC I 31; RSC 333a. Fine, toned</p><p><a href="https://www.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=1143521&amp;AucID=2279&amp;Lot=427&amp;Val=b347fd6e41d95830744e08f91062121d" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=1143521&amp;AucID=2279&amp;Lot=427&amp;Val=b347fd6e41d95830744e08f91062121d" rel="nofollow">Ex: CNG 417, Lot 427 March 28, 2018 (sold for 360.00 plus fees)</a></p><p>Ex: CNG 425, Lot: 403. July 25, 2018</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1005955[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Coin depicted on the Wildwinds database</p><p>Galba, AD 68-69. Denarius, Spain (Tarraco ?), 68. AR 3.25 g. </p><p>Obv: GALBA - IMPERATOR Laureate head r., globe at point of bust. </p><p>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. </p><p>RIC 48a (R3) Supplementum Galbianum, Quaderni Ticinesi XII Numismatica E Antichita Classiche 1984. Cf.&nbsp; BMC 341, 194v.; BN III, 36, 34v.; C. 210; RIC 30var. (all with IMP on obv.).</p><p>Very rare variant. Toned. Small chips on flan. Almost very fine </p><p>Provenance: Auction UBS, Zurich 49 (2000), 365.</p><p>Ex: “The Galba Collection”</p><p>Hess Divo Auction 333, Lot 100 November 30, 2017</p><p>Hess Divo Auction 334 Lot 107 May 29, 2018</p><p>Coin depicted on the Wildwinds database</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1005956[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Galba, 68-69 Denarius Tarraco (?) April to late 68, AR </p><p>19mm., 3.33g. </p><p>Obv: SER GALBA IMP CAESAR AVG PM TR P; Laureate head r. </p><p>Rev. SPQR / OB / C-S within oak wreath. </p><p>C 288. RIC 62.(R2) RSC 288</p><p><i>From the M.J. Collection.</i></p><p>Ex: Naville Numismatics Live auction 49 Lot 439 May 12, 2019.</p><p>Coin depicted in the Wildwinds.com database</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1005957[/ATTACH] </p><p>Galba. AD 68-69. AR Denarius (17mm, 3.15 g, 6h). Uncertain mint in Gaul (Narbo?). Struck circa April-late autumn AD 68. </p><p>Obv: Laureate head right IMPERATOR SER GALBA </p><p>Rev: Concordia standing left, holding branch and cornucopia. CONCORDIA PROVINCIARUM </p><p>RIC I 105; RSC 34. </p><p>Fine, toned, porous.</p><p>EX: AUKTIONEN MEISTER &amp; SONNTAG, AUCTION 4, LOT 74 11/10/2006</p><p>Ex Meister &amp; Sonntag Quick Auction 2007 (25 March 2007), lot 214</p><p>EX:.CNG E-auction Lot 353 September 5, 2018</p><p>Paid: 118.00 USD</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1005958[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Galba AR denarius,&nbsp; VF,&nbsp; Rome mint, ( 3.512g, 19.0mm,&nbsp; 180o), Nov 68 - Jan 69 A.D.; </p><p>elegant style, light toning on nice surfaces, high-points flatly struck, </p><p>Obv: IMP SER GALBACAESAR AVG, laureate head right; </p><p>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; </p><p>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)</p><p>Ex: the Jyrki Muona Collection; Ex: Forum Ancient Coins</p><p>Purchased from Forum Ancient Coins August 30, 2016</p><p>Coin depicted in the Wildwinds.com database.</p><p>Best of type in the Forum Ancient Coins Galleries</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1005959[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>GALBA, A.D. 68-69. AR Denarius</p><p>(3.38 gms), </p><p>Rome Mint, ca. A.D. July 68-January 69.. </p><p>Obv: &quot;IMP SER GALBA CAESAR AVG PM&quot; Laureate bust of Galba facing right; </p><p>Rev:: Virtus standing facing, holding parazonium upwards and leaning on vertical spear.</p><p>NGC Ch F, Strike: 5/5 Surface: 4/5.</p><p>RIC-236</p><p><i>Provenance: From the Graywood Collection.</i></p><p>Stack’s Bowers Galleries Auction August 8 2017 Lot 24114</p><p>Coin depicted in the Wildwinds.com database.</p><p>Best of type in the Forum Ancient Coins Galleries</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1005960[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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