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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;John Anthony, post: 2820629, member: 42773&quot;]I love the OP coin, and everyone&#039;s additions to the thread! There seems to be a lot of variance in the busts. I wonder if it has to do with the fact that Galba only ruled for 7 months. Perhaps the engravers at the various mints simply didn&#039;t have enough time and practice to settle into a more-or-less homogeneous style. One sees this sort of thing from time to time, one of the most dramatic examples being the transition from Severus Alexander to Maximinus I Thrax. One sees a hint of Nero in Galba&#039;s busts, and I can even imagine the engravers being told, &quot;Well he looks like Nero, but with a smaller head and a larger, aquiline nose.&quot;[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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