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Galba. AD 68-69. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.58 g, 6h). Uncertain mint in Gaul (Vienna?). Struck circa April to late autumn AD 68. SER • GALBA • IMP, Galba, in military attire, on horseback galloping right, extending right hand / HISPANIA, bareheaded and draped bust of Hispania right; to left, two javelins above round shield; to right, two stalks of grain. RIC I 86 var. (Galba brandishing javelin); RSC 76a; BMCRE 207-8; BN –. Toned, minor scratch, some cleaning marks. Good VF.
By AD 68, Servius Sulpicius Galba had governed Hispania for nearly eight years with a single Roman legion, VI Victrix, under his command. In April of that year, with Nero’s support crumbling, Galba proclaimed himself as representing the Senate and People of Rome, not Nero, thus taking the first steps that would lead to his brief, chaotic reign as emperor. However, the final collapse of Nero's regime took several months, during which the Roman coinage reflected the uncertain political climate. This rare issue, struck in the name of Galba at an uncertain Gallic mint, refrains from depicting Galba's portrait, instead showing a female profile personifying the province he governed, Hispania, while the reverse depicts him as a victorious Roman general (imperator) astride his steed.
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