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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DonnaML, post: 8340493, member: 110350&quot;]My one Galba Imperial coin. I&#039;m quite fond of the portrait.</p><p><br /></p><p>Galba AR Denarius, Aug-Oct 68 AD Rome Mint. Obv. Bare head right, IMP SER GALBA AVG / Rev. S P Q R/ O • B/ C S [OB CS <i>= </i>OB CIVES SERVATOS (<i>For Saving the Citizens</i>)] in three lines within oak wreath. RIC I 167, RSC II 287, Sear RCV I 2109 (ill.). 18.33 mm., 3.29 g.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1478925[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Plus one Provincial Galba, on which he looks more like Nerva.</p><p><br /></p><p>Galba Billon Tetradrachm, Year 1 (AD 68), Alexandria, Egypt Mint. Obv. Laureate head right, ΛΟΥΚ ΛΙΒ ΣΟΥΛΠ ΓΑΛΒΑ ΚΑΙΣ ΣΕΒ ΑΥΤ (beginning at 7:00); LA (Year 1) in lower right field / Rev. Bust of Roma right, wearing crested helmet and cuirass, with spear held obliquely in front of chest and shield held behind left shoulder; ΡΩ-ΜΗ [ROMA] (beginning at 9:00). 25 mm., 13.43 g., 1 h. Emmett 174.1, RPC [<i>Roman Provincial Coinage</i>] Vol. I 5330 (1992); RPC I Online at&nbsp; <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/5330" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/5330" rel="nofollow">https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/5330</a>; Milne 319 at p. 9 (Legend A3, ending in “AYT”); K &amp; G 17.6; BMC 16 Alexandria 197 (at p. 24); SNG France 4, Alexandrie I 631-632. <i>Purchased at CNG [Classical Numismatic Group, LLC] E-Auction 512, 23 March 2022, Lot 433.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>[ATTACH=full]1478926[/ATTACH] </i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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