Watch List notes:

Galba Æ As. Tarraco, struck late AD 68. SER GALBA IMP CAESAR AVG P M TR P P P, laureate head right, with globe at point of bust / QVADRAGENSVMA REM[ISSA], Triumphal arch surmounted by two equestrian statues riding left; SC in exergue. CBN 41; RIC –; BMC –; Cohen 167. 12.06g, 27mm, 7h.

Good Very Fine. Areas of corrosion on reverse. Extremely Rare, no examples evident on CoinArchives.

This coin was struck in celebration of the remission of the ‘fortieth’, which was the 2% tax that had been imposed by either Augustus or Tiberius on goods passing through Gaul and Asia.