Galba. 68-69 AD. Dupondius, 13.76g (7h). Rome. Obv: SER GALBA IMP CAESAR AVG TR P Bust laureate, draped right. Rx: SPQR OB CIVES SERVATOS in four lines within oak wreath. BM 139. Paris 216 pl. XVI (same dies). Cohen 306 (5 Fr.). RIC 419 (S). Exquisite untouched portrait of Galba of the finest style. EF
Ex NAC 45, 2 April 2008, Barry Feirstein Part IV, lot 99. Ex Virgil Brandr Collection
As often in the early empire, the letters S C were omitted from this reverse type because they were felt to be already included in the SPQR