Laureate head of Galba right on obverse. Hispania advancing left on reverse, holding poppy between two stalks of grain and two spears and shield.

Obverse context. Servius Sulpicius Galba, governor of Hispania Tarraconensis, was hailed emperor by his troops in the spring of AR 68 after Nero's collapse, and reigned only some seven months before being cut down in the Roman Forum in January 69.

Reverse context. Hispania, the personification of the Iberian provinces, alludes to the base from which Galba launched his bid for the purple, the grain and poppy evoking the peninsula's agricultural wealth and the spears and shield its provision of arms and men to his cause.

Subtle tone with golden notes around the devices and alluring brilliance remaining.

Horn silver present with scratches and shallow edge scratches.

Iridescent tone, oblong flan, metal flaw on obverse


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Denarius of GalbaRIC I 155

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