Harlan J. Berk Ltd.
Buy or Bid Sale 215 4 May 2021
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Galba. Denarius; Galba; 68-69 AD, Lugdunum, Denarius, 3.38g. BM-241a, RIC-128 (R2, citing BM), Paris-60, C-70 (20 Fr.). Obv: IMP GALBA CAESAR - [AVG P P] Head laureate r., globe under neck (off flan). Rx: FORTVNA - AVG Fortuna standing l. holding rudder and cornucopia. Rare: this type missing in Reka Devnia hoard, Berk photofile, and CoinArchives Pro. Ex Jyrki Muona Collection, with miniscule drill hole in edge, because the metallic composition of this coin was tested and published by K. Butcher and M. Ponting, Metallurgy of Roman Silver Coinage, Nero to Trajan, 2014, p. 282. F