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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Orfew, post: 3768015, member: 74968&quot;]<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 <b>Libertas standing left</b>, 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><br /></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><i><br /></i></p><p><i>[ATTACH=full]1008298[/ATTACH] </i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>Next: Another Galba denarius</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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