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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Eduard, post: 1501552, member: 8959&quot;]Galba does not only look stern (or at least severe) in his coinage, he was in fact was a very </p><p>stern commander and administrator. </p><p>That is in one of the reasons why his troops decided to remove him. He refused to pay the usual generous benefits to the legions under his command, considering that it was their duty to </p><p>perform. He was old school in that way.</p><p><br /></p><p>I consider Galba&#039;s coinage so interesting partly due to the extraordinary strength show in his </p><p>portraiture. Here is one of my Galba sestertii. A different portrait and character than shown </p><p>by the o.p I think.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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