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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Roman Coins| > |The Twelve Caesars| > |Galba| > SH68883
Galba, 3 April 68 - 15 January 69 A.D.
|Galba|, |Galba,| |3| |April| |68| |-| |15| |January| |69| |A.D.|,
In June of 68, after Nero committed suicide, and Galba was made emperor. Galba's concord with the provinces advertised on this coin was wishful thinking. Legions in Germania Inferior soon acclaimed Vitellius as emperor. The following year, 69 A.D. would be The Year of the Four Emperors, when Rome was ruled in rapid succession by Galba, Otho, Vitellius, and Vespasian.The Roman Civil War AD 68 - 69
SH68883. Silver denarius, RIC I 120, RSC II 38, BMCRE I 223, Hunter I 78, SRCV I 2100 var. (obv leg), VF, excellent portrait, toned, porous, Narbo(?) mint, weight 3.334g, maximum diameter 18.1mm, die axis 225o, c. Oct - Dec 68 A.D.; obverse SER•GALBA•IMP•CAESAR•AVG•P•M•TR•P•, laureate head right; reverse CONCORDIA PROVINCIARVM (harmony with the provinces), Concordia standing half left, olive branch in right hand, cornucopia in left; from the Jyrki Muona Collection; rare (R2); SOLD











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