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Galba. AD 68-69. Æ Dupondius (29mm, 13.55 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa August-October AD 68. IMP SER SVLP GALBA CAES AVG TR P, laureate and draped bust right / PAX AVGVSTA, S C across field, Pax, draped, standing left, holding olive branch in right hand and caduceus in left. RIC I 323 var. (caduceus winged); ACG –; BMCRE 132 var. (same); BN 153 var. (same). Brown patina. Near EF.
From the PLZ Collection. Ex Joseph Melchione Collection (Goldberg 70, 4 September 2012), lot 3235; Sternberg XXVIII (with Freeman & Sear, 30 October 1995), lot 47; Arethusa 3 (25 November 1994), lot 256.
There are two distinct PAX reverse varieties issued under Galba. The more common, clearly engraved by an inexperienced celator, has the simple three-letter word PAX split by the olive branch being held by the goddess. It is one of the more unusual mistakes seen from the mint at Rome. The offered example is of the proper style, with PAX written entirely below the olive branch. Ironically, this is the rarer variety for the type. As is often the case with Galba’s bronzes, the coin displays a superb portrait of the emperor in a style reminiscent of Republican verism.
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