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Message:: [QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 2928109, member: 10461"]Kinda hard to beat the coin in the OP for that price.  I can't recall seeing a denarius of a Civil War emperor that cheap, ever!  And it's got an OK portrait and a full name on the flan, too.  So there's a toughish name checked off the list, if one is pursuing a 12C set, or an "as many emperors as possible" set. Here are the two Galbas I've owned. The first was from my original "A to Z" (Augustus to Zeno) Roman collection.  It had some porosity and probably some smoothing, but to get a Galba sestertius for just under $300, I was happy.  I got it from Rutten & Wieland in late 2007.  I think this was the first sestertius I ever owned. <img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/rs012-galba-jpg.628529/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> The second was a rather prosaic Spanish mint As from my later 12 Caesars set.  It certainly wasn't anything special, but it was OK, I guess. <img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/12%20Caesars%20Roman%20Coin%20Collection/TC07-Galba-019700-frame.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]