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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Roman Coins| > |The Twelve Caesars| > |Galba| > RS85539
Galba, 3 April 68 - 15 January 69 A.D.
|Galba|, |Galba,| |3| |April| |68| |-| |15| |January| |69| |A.D.|, Livia was the wife of Augustus, mother of Tiberius, paternal grandmother of Claudius, paternal great-grandmother of Caligula, and maternal great-great-grandmother of Nero. "Suetonius records that in his youth Galba was a favourite of Livia through whose patronage he moved in the most elevated social circles of the Julio-Claudian era." - David Sear in Roman Coins and Their Values, Vol I.
RS85539. Silver denarius, RIC I 189 (R), RSC II 55a, BMCRE I 6, Hunter I 7 var. (no drapery), BnF III 83 var. (same), SRCV I -, F, toned, nice portrait for the grade, light marks and scratches, tight flan cutting off top of some legend letters, Rome mint, weight 3.148g, maximum diameter 18.9mm, die axis 180o, Jul 68 - Jan 69 A.D.; obverse IMP SER GALBA CAESAR AVG, laureate head right; reverse DIVA AVGVSTA, Livia standing left, patera in right hand, long scepter vertical in left hand; from the Lucas Harsh collection; ex ACCG auction IV (13 Oct 2011), lot 59; ex Apollo Numismatics; rare; SOLD











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