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ID: |
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45-97 |
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[UNVERIFIED]
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| Type: |
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Roman Imperial |
| Issuer: |
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Galba |
| Date Ruled: |
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A.D. 68-69
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| Metal: |
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Gold |
| Denomination: |
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Aureus |
| Struck / Cast: |
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struck |
| Date Struck: |
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AD April–December 68 |
| Weight: |
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7.80 g |
| Obverse Legend: |
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SER GALBA IMP CAESAR AVG P M TR P |
| Obverse Description: |
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Laureate head right |
| Reverse Legend: |
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S P Q R / OB / C S |
| Reverse Description: |
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S P Q R / OB / C S in oak wreath |
| Mint: |
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Spanish mint (Tarraco?) |
| Primary Reference: |
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RIC 061 |
| Reference2: |
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BMC 191 |
| Reference3: |
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C –, (cf. C 288 (denarius)) |
| Reference4: |
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CBN 32; Calicó 510 (this coin). |
| Photograph Credit: |
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Numismatica Ars Classica NAC AG |
| Source: |
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http://www.arsclassicacoins.com/ |
| Price Sold For: |
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29000 Swiss Franc |
| Date Sold: |
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04/02/2008 |
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Grade:
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EF |
| Notes: |
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NAC Auction 45, Lot 97
Very rare. An unusually pleasant Spanish portrait well-struck in high relief,
extremely fine
Ex Triton III, 1999, 1017 and NAC 24, 2002, European Nobleman, 39 sales.
With Galba, the numismatist is presented with a variety of portrait styles because he minted in several locations –Spain, Gaul, Rome and briefly in North Africa after the fall of Clodius Macer – each of which had a distinctive local style. The Spanish mint at which Galba produced his main coinage is thought to be Tarraco, his old capital city. The locals were all too familiar with what Suetonius (Galba 12.1) tells us were Galba’s two prominent characteristics: cruelty and greed. As an example, Suetonius reports that when the people of Tarraco gave him a golden crown from the ancient temple of Jupiter described as weighing 15 pounds, Galba demanded of them three more ounces of gold, for upon melting the crown fell short of its advertised weight by precisely that amount.
Estimate: 30000 CHF |
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