Obverse: Laureate head of Galba right with globe at point of neck. Reverse: Diva Julia Augusta (Livia) standing left, holding patera and scepter.

Servius Sulpicius Galba, governor of Hispania Tarraconensis, was acclaimed emperor in the spring of AD 68 after the revolt against Nero, and this denarius was struck at Tarraco during the months before he reached Rome.

Livia, the wife of Augustus and mother of Tiberius, had been deified as Diva Augusta by Claudius in AD 42; Galba, who claimed a personal connection to her household and owed part of his early advancement to her favor, prominently invoked her memory on his coinage.

Toned with some shallow scratches on obverse and a few contact marks on reverse.

Toned with some porosity and roughness. Light cleaning scratches and a gouge on the obverse.

Bold high relief Spanish style portrait with small edge chip


8/14/24	$475	F	CNG	— 0%
11/1/23	$1,500	VF	CNG	— 0%
5/31/23	$300	F	CNG	▼ −37%
5/12/22	$550	VF	CNG	▼ −63%
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Denarius of GalbaRIC I 36

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