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ANA Signature Sale 3048 11 August 2016
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Galba (AD 68-69). AR denarius (19mm, 3.42 gm, 6h). Rome, June AD 68 - January AD 69. IMP SER GALBA AVG, bare head of Galba right / S P Q R OB C - S in three lines within oak wreath. RIC 167. BMCRE 34 corrected (bare head, not laureate). RSC 287. With a magnificent portrait and attractive iridescent toning. NGC Choice XF 5/5 - 4/5, Fine Style. Ex NAC 54 (24 March 2010), lot 355.This marvelous denarius accurately depicts Galba as craggy old aristocrat. His seven-month reign proved only the opening act in the disastrous "Year of the Four Emperors." The historian Tacitus pronounced Galba's epitaph: "It was commonly agreed he possessed the makings of a great ruler- had he never ruled."
Estimate: 4000-5000 USD
Galba (AD 68-69). AR denarius (19mm, 3.42 gm, 6h). Rome, June AD 68 - January AD 69. IMP SER GALBA AVG, bare head of Galba right / S P Q R OB C - S in three lines within oak wreath. RIC 167. BMCRE 34 corrected (bare head, not laureate). RSC 287. With a magnificent portrait and attractive iridescent toning. NGC Choice XF 5/5 - 4/5, Fine Style. Ex NAC 54 (24 March 2010), lot 355.This marvelous denarius accurately depicts Galba as craggy old aristocrat. His seven-month reign proved only the opening act in the disastrous "Year of the Four Emperors." The historian Tacitus pronounced Galba's epitaph: "It was commonly agreed he possessed the makings of a great ruler- had he never ruled."
Estimate: 4000-5000 USD