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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Eduard, post: 3457137, member: 8959&quot;]It looks like I may need to change the title of this thread.</p><p><br /></p><p>I last posted this denarius of Galba back in December 2017. At that stage, based on lengthy discussions on various forums, including the opinion a noted author on the coinage of Galba, the conclusion was this coin was very possibly authentic and unique. No other known example combined this obverse and reverse legends for the Galba HISPANIA type.</p><p><br /></p><p>Well, no coin is unique for long it seems....another, (extremely) similar example was auctioned late last year (2018) at a DNW auction. It combines the same obverse and reverse as my coin, and as such it appears to be a 2nd. known example of this type. As far as I can determine, both obverse and reverse dies are the same, or at least very very similar. The legend combination on obverse and reverse is the same.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is both &#039;good news and bad news&#039; I say with same humour: &#039;bad&#039; (in a way) because it seems my specimen is no longer &#039;unique&#039;, but very good, because it confirms the existence of a second and very worn example which was very probably a ground find.</p><p><br /></p><p>Does the appearance of a second example confirm that both are genuine and not counterfeits? well, that is another discussion, but at the moment I am thinking this new example confirms this variety as a genuine product of a Spanish mint. </p><p><br /></p><p>Here are pictures of both examples.</p><p><br /></p><p>Description from the Auction:</p><p><br /></p><p>Roman Imperial Coinage, Galba, Denarius, Tarraco (?) 68, laureate bust right, globe below, rev. Hispania draped, standing left, right hand holding corn-ears and poppy, left round shield and two vertical spears (cf. RIC 19 var.; cf. RSC 79). Fair, chipped and repaired, rare est. £60-80.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]919110[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]919111[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]919112[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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