Laureate and draped bust of Galba right on obverse. Victory standing left on globe, holding wreath and palm frond on reverse.

Galba, governor of Hispania Tarraconensis, was acclaimed emperor in the summer of 68 after the fall of Nero, and ruled for only seven months before being cut down in the Forum by partisans of Otho.

Victory on a globe was a standard imperial claim to universal triumph, here pressed into service to legitimize a regime born of civil war.

Attractively toned with some iridescence. Area of minor roughness on reverse. Bold portrait.

Pleasant tone with fairly strong, forceful portrait. Struck upon a somewhat irregular flan.


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Denarius of GalbaRIC I 217

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