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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Eduard, post: 2936391, member: 8959&quot;]This is a coin I posted here a couple of months ago, and did likewise in the german and french ancient coin forums. I was intrigued by the fact I was unable to find any on-line records of any coin exactly like it, and wanted to gather more opinions about the piece.</p><p>I also showed the coin to 4 dealers/expert collectors for their opinions.</p><p><br /></p><p>The opinion of the people I showed it too was unanimous (authentic), as well as by and large also on the german forum. So, that was very encouraging.</p><p><br /></p><p>What surprised me the most was the response this coin elicited in the french ancient coin forum that I occasionally frequent. A very interesting discussion. I am posting a link to this discussion here in case anybody is interested.</p><p><br /></p><p>In the opinion of an acknowledged expert in the coinage of Galba, this coin is authentic,&nbsp; unpublished and (quite likely) unique. I am saying &#039;quite likely&#039; in an attempt to be conservative. It combines an as yet unrecorded obverse for Galba as IMPERATOR with a very rare reverse, which is known on only two other examples.</p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t know how significant it is, but it goes to show sometimes when acquiring coins, you have to go by your instinct and impulse. I was certainly not the first to see this coin, but the minute I saw it, something told me &#039;buy it&#039;.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.forumfw.com/t19430-denier-de-galba-frappe-en-hispania-en-apparence-inedit" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumfw.com/t19430-denier-de-galba-frappe-en-hispania-en-apparence-inedit" rel="nofollow">http://www.forumfw.com/t19430-denier-de-galba-frappe-en-hispania-en-apparence-inedit</a></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]714178[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]714179[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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