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Lot 555 - Auction 15

Galba (68-69), Sestertius, Rome, c. December AD 68; AE (g 24,40; mm 32; h 6); SER SVLPI GALBA IMP CAESAR AVG TR P, laureate and draped bust ... Read more

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Galba (68-69), Sestertius, Rome, c. December AD 68; AE (g 24,40; mm 32; h 6); SER SVLPI GALBA IMP CAESAR AVG TR P, laureate and draped bust r., Rv. Galba, in military dress, standing r. on podium, accompanied by praetorian prefect behind him, addressing two helmeted soldiers, each with shields and one with spear, a horse facing between them. Before podium, two tunicate cursores, and in background, vexillum, signum and aquila; in ex. ADLOCVTIO / S C. RIC 467; C 2; Cayon p. 178, 3 (this coin).
Very rare. A magnificent portrait well-struck in high relief and a finely detailed reverse; dark-brownish patina and minor scratch on obverse: good very fine.

Ex Otto Helbig - München. Antike Münzen, Auction 70 (9 December 1932).
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