Galba AR Denarius. Possibly Narbo, AD 68. SER GALBA IMPERATOR, laureate bust right / VICTORIA P R, Victory, draped, standing on globe facing, head left, holding wreath in right hand and palm branch in left. RIC 111 (R2); BMC 227. 3.74g, 18mm, 8h.
Extremely Fine. Very Rare - R2.
Ex Gorny & Mosch 207, 15 October 2012, lot 598.
Though the design of this coin is one that is found in various guises on Roman coinage, this type is embellished by the presence of the globe on which Victory stands, a reference to Rome's dominion over the known world by the time of Galba's reign.