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<p>[QUOTE="nerosmyfavorite68, post: 8340499, member: 134416"]David has a very interesting coin. I had no idea that there were restoration types of Galba.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1478927[/ATTACH]</p><p>35091. Orichalcum sestertius, RIC I 245, BMCRE I 94, F, grainy, Rome mint, 20.650g, 35.1mm, 180o, c. 9 Jun - Aug 68 A.D.; obverse IMP SER GALBA AVG TR P, Laureate and draped bust right; reverse ROMA in exergue, Roma seated left on cuirass, vertical spear in right, left arm rests on shield set on helmet, S - C across fields;</p><p><br /></p><p>I only have a decrepit Sestertius. I could have sworn I have a slightly more attractive glossy green one, but no images come up. This one was a Forum one. The green one would have been a Marc B or STeve McBride one. It probably was one which didn't make it to the page, hence no records.</p><p><br /></p><p>If my photography project ever makes it off the ground I'll come across the other one.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="nerosmyfavorite68, post: 8340499, member: 134416"]David has a very interesting coin. I had no idea that there were restoration types of Galba. [ATTACH=full]1478927[/ATTACH] 35091. Orichalcum sestertius, RIC I 245, BMCRE I 94, F, grainy, Rome mint, 20.650g, 35.1mm, 180o, c. 9 Jun - Aug 68 A.D.; obverse IMP SER GALBA AVG TR P, Laureate and draped bust right; reverse ROMA in exergue, Roma seated left on cuirass, vertical spear in right, left arm rests on shield set on helmet, S - C across fields; I only have a decrepit Sestertius. I could have sworn I have a slightly more attractive glossy green one, but no images come up. This one was a Forum one. The green one would have been a Marc B or STeve McBride one. It probably was one which didn't make it to the page, hence no records. If my photography project ever makes it off the ground I'll come across the other one.[/QUOTE]
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