GALBA. 68-69 AD. AR Denarius 3.31 g. Rome mint. Struck circa July 68-January 69 AD. 


IMP SER GALBA CAESAR AVG, laureate and draped bust right.
VIR-TVS across field, Virtus, nude, standing facing, cradling sheathed sword in right arm and holding long sceptre in left hand. 

Cf. RIC I 222 (aureus); BMCRE pg. 316, * note and cf. pl. 52, 25 
(aureus; same reverse die); BN -; RSC -. EF. Known only as an aureus; apparently unique as a denarius.

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Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 1108. Closing Date: Jan 
10, 2005.