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Galba, restored by Titus. 68-69 AD. Sestertius, 25.01g. (6h). Uncertain Thracian Mint, 80-81 AD. Obv: IMP SER SVLP GALBA CAES AVG TR P Head laureate right. Rx: IMP T CAES DIVI VESP F AVG P M TR P P P COS VIII around large S C, REST in field above. RPC 524, pl. 21 = BM 305, pl. 56.9 (same dies as ours). RIC 421 (C ). Paris 319. Cohen 350 (100 Fr.). Komnick 13.0 (20 spec.). About VF.
Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection, purchased from Frank Kovacs. Ex NAC 46, 2 April 2008, lot 1001.
One of the rarer emperors in Titus' restored series: Komnick found twenty specimens of this sestertius, from eleven obverse and twelve reverse dies, and Galba's five types of restored middle bronzes are even rarer, being known in only a couple of specimens each.
Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection, purchased from Frank Kovacs. Ex NAC 46, 2 April 2008, lot 1001.
One of the rarer emperors in Titus' restored series: Komnick found twenty specimens of this sestertius, from eleven obverse and twelve reverse dies, and Galba's five types of restored middle bronzes are even rarer, being known in only a couple of specimens each.