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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Orfew, post: 3075312, member: 74968&quot;]I missed out on a lot I was bidding on from the Naumann auction today. I have looked at the unsold lots a few times from the Gemini XIV auction and one particular coin caught my eye. It is a rare Galba minted at Tarraco. I sent an email and asked to buy the lot. I just received word that it is mine.</p><p><br /></p><p>What I have found online:</p><p><br /></p><p>Acsearch=0</p><p>CNG=0</p><p>Coin archives= this coin</p><p>Major Museum collections (OCRE) = 1 in the British museum, 1 in Paris</p><p><br /></p><p>I love the dark toning of this coin. It also has a great provenance. It was part of the Dr. Jyrki Muona collection. This is my second Galba denarius from his collection. It is far from a perfect coin, but that is part of the charm for me. The figure on the reverse is well defined, but it is the bust of Galba that really makes this coin, as there is so much character in the portrait. It is a shame that so much of the legend is missing, but I am glad most of the name is there.</p><p><br /></p><p>I am thrilled to add this interesting coin to my collection.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Please post your coins of Galba.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have included the full description from the catalogue.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Galba. </b>68-69 AD. Denarius, 3.50gg. (5h). Tarraco. Obv: GALBA - IM[PERATOR] Head laureate right on globe. Rx: LIB - [ERTAS] - RESTITVTA Libertas standing left, 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.</p><p><br /></p><p>Ex Jyrki Muona Collection.</p><p><br /></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 Matting 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.</i></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]773457[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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