Galba. AD 68-69. AR Denarius (17.5mm, 3.46 g, 8h). Spanish mint (Tarraco?). Struck circa April-late AD 68. GALBA IMP, laureate head right, globe at point of neck / HISPANIA, Hispania standing left, holding poppy and two stalks of grain in right hand and round shield and two spears in left. RIC I 21; CSB 27; RSC 80; BMCRE 172; BN 10. Iridescent toning, some scratches under tone. Near EF. Fine style portrait.
From the Thomas A. Palmer Collection. Ex Cederlind 117 (28 September 1999), lot 798 (front cover coin).