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<p>[QUOTE="Orfew, post: 4353267, member: 74968"]Here is mine...with a twist. This is not RIC 167, it is a Spanish mint example struck before the Rome mint example. These Spanish examples have really interesting portraits. You will notice differences in the design of the wreath as well. This one does not have a dot. It is very difficult to compare this to any other examples of RIC 62 because it is a very rare coin. One expert on the coins of Galba contacted me and said he knows of only 4 of these and this coin is one of them.</p><p><br /></p><p>Galba, 68-69 Denarius Tarraco (?) April to late 68, AR </p><p>19mm., 3.33g. </p><p>Obv: SER GALBA IMP CAESAR AVG PM TR P; Laureate head r. </p><p>Rev. SPQR / OB / C-S within oak wreath. </p><p>C 288. RIC 62.(R2) RSC 288</p><p><i>From the M.J. Collection.</i></p><p>Ex: Naville Numismatics Live auction 49 Lot 439 May 12, 2019.</p><p>Coin depicted in the Wildwinds.com database</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1101544[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Orfew, post: 4353267, member: 74968"]Here is mine...with a twist. This is not RIC 167, it is a Spanish mint example struck before the Rome mint example. These Spanish examples have really interesting portraits. You will notice differences in the design of the wreath as well. This one does not have a dot. It is very difficult to compare this to any other examples of RIC 62 because it is a very rare coin. One expert on the coins of Galba contacted me and said he knows of only 4 of these and this coin is one of them. Galba, 68-69 Denarius Tarraco (?) April to late 68, AR 19mm., 3.33g. Obv: SER GALBA IMP CAESAR AVG PM TR P; Laureate head r. Rev. SPQR / OB / C-S within oak wreath. C 288. RIC 62.(R2) RSC 288 [I]From the M.J. Collection.[/I] Ex: Naville Numismatics Live auction 49 Lot 439 May 12, 2019. Coin depicted in the Wildwinds.com database [ATTACH=full]1101544[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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